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EPISODE · Dec 9, 2025 · 17 MIN

Through the Church Fathers: December 9

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The thread across today’s readings is the way God shapes the soul through instruction, humility, and ordered desire—whether in Clement’s practical training, Jerome’s sharp defense of Scriptural clarity, or Aquinas’s careful distinctions about the will.Readings: Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogus (The Instructor), Book [number], Chapter [number]Jerome, Letter [number] (to Augustine), Section [number]Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 59, Article 4 (Whether Moral Virtue Can Exist With Passion)Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpattonCredo Courses – https://www.credocourses.comCredo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#Clement #Jerome #Aquinas #ChurchFathers #ChristianFormation #HistoricalTheology

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