Besides the Bible, have you read any Christian writing from a 1st, 2nd or 3rd century Christian.
Writings which are from people who were either deciples of Christ or the deciples or deciples of deciples of Christ and the Apostles.
You know it might be helpful to know what these individuals believed about scripture, how they actually worshiped or believed about what they were being taught.
You read Pagan writers Plato, Socrates, Aristotle. Why not read people who were 40 year deciples of the Apostle's such as St. Ignatius of Antioch.
If only to enlighten yourself on what people 2,000 years ago believed so that you may come to compare it to what your 21st cetury church teaches or hopefully come to value how faithful your churches teachings and practices have been to these first deciples
If you have not, check it out, here is a good start...
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/
2007-12-11
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