Through the Church Fathers; June 18

Today’s readings bring together a bold vision of knowledge, joy, and resurrection: Aquinas teaches that our soul knows physical things by abstracting their form through the intellect—not by touching matter, but by understanding its nature; Augustine reminds us that true happiness is found only in rejoicing in, for, and because of God, and that all other joys are mere shadows; and Irenaeus lays out the wild and tangled mythology of the Ophites and Sethians, exposing their convoluted cosmology while grounding our hope in the true resurrection of the body, not the illusion of secret knowledge. Each reading pulls us deeper into the mystery of the soul, the beauty of divine joy, and the glory of bodily resurrection—a joy found not in escape, but in redemption.(Scripture references: Luke 21:18–19; Daniel 12:2–3; Ezekiel 37:1–14; Isaiah 26:19; Psalm 32:1)Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.com Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpatton Credo Courses – https://www.credocourses.com Credo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#SummaTheologica #Confessions #Irenaeus #ChurchFathers #Resurrection #GnosticMyths #ChristianHope #TheologyInCommunity #HistoricalTheology