http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com The Official Website of Father Roderick Vonhögen Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:38:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In order to be able to read saint John Chrysostom's writings in classical Greek, I have to spend some time refreshing my knowledge of that language. Even though I studied Latin in high school for 6 years, and continued to read Latin texts during my philosophy and theology studies (not to ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/30/reteaching-myself-classical-greek/ For those of you that are unfamiliar with Saint John Chrysostom, here is a short biography that I found on a website: St. John Chrysostom -  (ca. 347-407), Bishop of Constantinople and Doctor of the Church St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/16/about-saint-john-chrysostom/ I have decided to focus on Saint John Chrysostom, a Church Father well known for his communication skills; the most famous theologian, exegete, preacher and writer of the school of Antioch. It is very important at this stage of the game to further develop my proposal. What is going to be ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/16/developing-the-proposal/ Today, I have been examining the list of well-known and lesser-known Church Fathers in search of good candidates for my research. I need to narrow down my focus to one or two Church Fathers. Obviously, I need candidates with well-documented communication skills. Perhaps the Greek fathers Cyril of Alexandria and John ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/11/looking-for-candidates/ Today, I wrote a three page paper on all the possible research topics for my study of the communication strategies of the Church Fathers. I started with common notions from the world of Social Communications to see how we can apply these modern notions to these ancient authors. Obviously, the Church ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/10/research-topics/ I started a first draft of my central research question. The Church Fathers were obviously effective and successful communicators, because their work played a major role in the development of Catholic doctrine and liturgy. Their influence was not only limited to their primary, historical audience, but stretched out throughout history ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/09/research-question/ This week, I am beginning preliminary research on a doctoral dissertation about the communication strategies of the Church Fathers. I got the idea to start this research while I was in Rome last week for the doctoral defense of a good friend and fellow priest, Michel Remery. This completely revived my ... http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/12/09/communication-strategies-of-the-church-fathers/