{"id":2553,"date":"2007-03-14T12:31:56","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T12:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/food-for-thought-1.html"},"modified":"2007-03-14T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T12:31:56","slug":"food-for-thought-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/food-for-thought-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Food for thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Aquilina looks at part of the AE that resonates with his Patristics heart:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Like everything Benedict does, it\u2019s steeped in the doctrine of the Fathers. He invokes Ignatius, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Jerome, Augustine, and Chrysostom, as well as the martyrs of Abitina. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

MIke focuses on the aspects of the document that touch on mystagogical catechesis and martyrdom:<\/p>\n

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I have often made these points, citing Robin Darling Young\u2019s brilliant study, In Procession Before the World: Martyrdom As Public Liturgy in Early Christianity<\/span><\/a>. Of course, the Pope (as Cardinal Ratzinger) also explored this thesis in his book Pilgrim Fellowship Of Faith<\/span><\/a>, in a section titled \u201cMartyrdom as a Way in Which the Christian Can Become a Eucharist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Aquilina looks at part of the AE that resonates with his Patristics heart: Like everything Benedict does, it\u2019s steeped in the doctrine of the Fathers. He invokes Ignatius, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Jerome, Augustine, and Chrysostom, as well as the martyrs of Abitina. 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