For those interested, there is a very thoughtful and perceptive response to my little piece on Francis Beckwith from Catholic philosopher, Dr Michael Liccione, which can be found at http://mliccione.blogspot.com /2007/05/why-beckwith-matters .html

Still the emails come in on patristics. Look, I'm temporarily a pen-pushing bureaucrat, more interested in balance sheets and wielding power over subordinates like some petty Napoleon on speed than in doing something constructive and theological. But, for those interested in exploring the link...

Still the emails come in on patristics. Look, I'm temporarily a pen-pushing bureaucrat, more interested in balance sheets and wielding power over subordinates like some petty Napoleon on speed than in doing something constructive and theological. But, for those interested in exploring the link...

I have been really encouraged by the positive response to the postings about the importance of reading the early church fathers. Two further comments on this.