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>>22575888

>>22430046
Enjoy bro

>>22411596
> I wouldn't know if what I was looking at was *from* Pythagoras or not.
Pythagoreans were an esoteric sect and you will never understand it from books. It was an initiative cult and the continuous succession was lost during the Byzantine period. Orthodoxy is the only cult that preserves direct (apostolic) succession and the monks are still initiated and maintain esoteric knowledge. Pythagoreanism is pagan numerology that seeks and fails to find perfection in this world, you'll know it when you see it.

>>22401733

>>22148830
I know. I have this chart but I'm not sure it's complete. There aren't that many in the Pre-Nicene writings category.

Where do I learn about early church heresies? I have a list and I know bits and pieces about each but not sure what are the best texts to go in more depth.

Here's the list. If you have any thoughts or reccs about any of the names below let me know. Also if you can help with further names that's also appreciated

# 1st century
- Judaizers
-- Ebionitism
-- Nazarenes
- Gnosticism
-- Simonites
-- Mandaeism
-- Cerinthus

# 2nd century
- Gnosticism
-- Marcion
-- Valentius
-- Basillides
-- Saturnius
- Docetism
- Montanism

# 3rd century
- Origenism
- Sabellianism
- Monoarchainnism
- Gnosticism
-- Manicheanism

# 4th century
- Apollinarianism
- Arianism
- Priscillianism
- Messalians/Euchites

# 5th century
- Pelagianism
- Nestoriansm
- Monophysitsm
- Monothelitism

Recommend me a book from pic related, and I'll read it this week.

No complete works though.

>>21663871
And then it's a matter of going through pic related while doing the necessary but seperate work to grow spiritually.

If you haven't read at least 50% of these, you're very poorly educated on Christian theology and history

What's your favorite Christian book outside of the Bible? Looking for recs because I finished the Bible but there are so many texts out there.

So is this the Bible thread then?

>>18581781
>charts
I mean I saved this for myself because it has a very comprehensive collection of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal texts along with the ordinary canonical texts. I don't know if you'd find this very useful but here

>>18220964
Meme tier and very sectarian list. Not Orthodox
>>18221033
Much better selection, but should include more of the church fathers

>>18199553
After finishing The Gambler by Dosto, I'll be reading Confessions by St. Augustine

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>>16038264

sure