The Case for an Always-Reforming Church
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I initially clicked on the fifth star, that's how good this book is. It's thoroughly researched (almost a fifth of the pages are references), and the author cites diverse believers of Protestantism, Western, and Eastern Christian traditions. I've been exploring Orthodoxy a lot these last few months, and my biggest complaint about this book is that Gavin doesn't sufficiently address the things that make Orthodoxy distinct from Catholicism. That's where he loses the fifth star. He makes a compelling case for iconoclasty/aniconicty, but even icons aren't uniquely Orthodox. Anyways, read this book if you want evidence for why even the so-called “Catholic/Orthodox Church Fathers” held much more so-called “Protestant” beliefs.