Romanides.ģ /john-wesley/an-address-to-the-clergy/ 4 Don Schofield issues a caveat: ‘I trust you will continue to bear in mind the Brethren's caution about 'inspiration of “Church Fathers' anyone other than one who witnessed the events of the Gospels and Apostles are all second-hand accounts and opiinions’. Chrysostom, Basil, Austin, and above all, the man of a broken heart, Ephraim Syrus?’ (sic) 3 4ġ Adapting the words of Norman Powell Williams (p 417), ‘original guilt is an Augustinian nightmare’.Ģ The writer begins by thanking Fr Gregory Hallam and acknowledges the assistance of his Ancestral Sin & Salvation and Abba Elia Khalife for informing him about the writing of John S. but who could not likewise desire to have some acquaintance with those that followed them? With St.

It will be easily perceived, I speak chiefly of those who wrote before the council of Nicea. ‘Can any who spend several years in those seats of learning, be excused if they do not add to that reading of the Fathers? The most authentic commentators on Scripture, as being both nearest the fountain, eminently endued with that Spirit by whom all Scripture was given. It is noteworthy that John Wesley commented the Church Fathers in his Advice to Clergy (1756). This practice should be as much a part of the western evangelical traditions as that of the eastern Orthodox traditions. The writer believes that theology should be rooted in a good exegetical understanding of the scriptures, but also considers that theological learning can be gained from theologians of the past, particularly the early Church Fathers. The purpose of this paper is not to pretend to be original, but to promote discussion with a view to seeking out sound theology. Introduction: The Purpose of the Paper and The Theological Ground-Rules Original Sin Or the Lack of It? Is Original Sin an Augustinian Nightmare? 1 Robert Stevens 2 17 August 2011

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