Through the Church Fathers: May 5

Here’s your podcast paragraph—tight, aligned with your tone, and built directly from today’s readings:In today’s readings, Tatian presses the issue of worship and creation with sharp clarity, insisting that God alone is to be feared and worshiped—not the created order, not the sun and moon, and certainly not human inventions—while also grounding Christian belief in the Logos, creation, resurrection, and the fall of man . Then Augustine of Hippo turns inward and describes a deeply personal encounter with the Unchangeable Light, discovering that truth is not something external or material, but something above the mind that draws the soul upward and transforms it. Finally, Thomas Aquinas defines happiness with precision, showing that it is not something we possess, feel, or create, but an operation of the intellect participating in the uncreated good—God Himself—and therefore something that, in its perfect form, cannot be lost. Together, these readings confront us with a unified claim: what we were made for is not found in anything we can control, but in something we must turn toward, receive, and ultimately be changed by.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#ChurchFathers #Tatian #Augustine #ThomasAquinas #EarlyChurch #ChristianTheology #Logos #Happiness #Resurrection #Truth #ThroughTheChurchFathers