Historia ecclesiastica: e-history with a Christian dye | Michael A.G. Azad Haykin | Substack
About Michael A.G. Azad Haykin
“In general, it is neither right nor safe … to silently ignore those who have lived in piety. ” (Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 21. 5)
The content of this newsletter is devoted to reflections on the history of the Christian Faith. Foundational to these reflections is my study of church history since the autumn of 1974, when I first took an introductory course in the history of Christianity at Wycliffe College and the Toronto School of Theology (at U of T) as part of year I of my Master of Religion. Subsequent courses included a number of courses in Patristics and one on Francis of Assisi as well as two theses focused on Christianity in the world of late antiquity (one thesis was on Augustine’s theology of history and the other on the concept of the eighth day in Greek Patristic thought—my thesis supervisor for both was the Rev. Dr Reginald Stackhouse of Wycliffe College).