What religious writings should I read?
What religious writings should I read?
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Most of that is from Philosophers. I was talking more about from the religious figures themselves, like the saints
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The Bible
The Book of Mormon.
Siddhartha
Definitely no need to read the coran. It's garbage.
People just put it on lists to be inclusive.
Now that we have the fedora out of the way, lets get back to the real recommendations
St. Augustine's Confessions is beloved by both catholics and Orthodox christians.
I haven't read him, but my sister also claims he's great
Sorry but I don't take recommendations from women
Then take it from all the other great men in history who found him compelling
City of God or Confessions. The Five Ways by Aquinas. Honestly, if you Google "patristic texts" you'll find a good starting point if that's what you're looking for.
The Gospel of Thomas
And so, my purpose is once more fulfilled.
>Lament for Ur
>Egyptian funerary texts, especially Book of the Dead
>Hesiod: The Works and Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles
>Avesta
>Mencius
>Zhuangzi
>Ovid
>Tanakh
>Dead Sea Scrolls
>The Poetic Edda
>The Enneads
>The Gnostic Gospels of Thomas, Mary & John
>The Gnostic Bible
>Epistles of Wisdom
>Essays in Idleness
>Sarva Darsana Samgraha
>On the Infinite, the Universe and the Worlds
>The Dhammapada
>Upanishads
>The White Goddess (You can also read; The Golden Bough, a bit fallacious.)
>Landscape and Memory
>Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe
The Holy Qur'an
The Tao Te Ching
Islamic-Taoism is the future of world religion.
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The Three Holy Hierarchs are essential: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom. Chrysostom is incredible, he earned his sobriquet. This (newadvent.org
Pistis Sophia
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Mulamadhyakakakarika
Saraha’s Adamantine Songs
Mumonkan
Zhuangzi
I-Ching
Hymns of Orpheus
Gospel of St Thomas
Corpus Hermeticum
No need to repost your Anglo Faerie Queen trash.Don't YOU me if you don't get the reference.
I dont get it
>Basil the Great
He is my favorite of the "big three" theologians. I love his work on how it was not only okay but also important to read pagan literature (While John "golden"mouth was shitting on people for going to theaters and games instead of church)
Synesius however, is my favorite Christian author. His satirical work, In praise of badlness is a delight to read. He was also friends with Hypatia, you might have seen his portrayal in the 2009 movie agora
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Quran.
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I remember enjoying The Life of St Anthony by Athansius when I was a church history student.
Do you have any idea why people claim to like Chrysostomos? I think he is more memed in Orthodox circles, than read. I suppose he was a convincing rhetorician back in the day.
Fuck off
Why lament of Ur?
>I love his work on how it was not only okay but also important to read pagan literature
as does everyone who reads such things as if they were just like any other lit
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TAKBIR!
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Mystics like Hildegard of Bingen, Gregory of Nyssa, and John Scotus.