Both Matt and David love When the Church Was Young by Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio. After mentioning it in a couple of episodes, an increasing number of listeners read it as well. As a result, they decided to invite Dr. D’Ambrosio onto the show to discuss his book.
S4E87: “After Hours” with Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio (Download)
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Biographical Information
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, also know as “Dr. Italy,” holds an MA and PhD in historical theology from Catholic University of America and is known for delivering profound Catholic truths in understandable and relevant terms. In addition to teaching for CDU, Dr. D’Ambrosio is a professor at the International Catholic University. He has also taught pastoral theology at Ave Maria University and various theology courses at the University of Dallas and Loyola College in Baltimore.
Biographical Information for Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio
Dr. D’Ambrosio is the director of Crossroads and has been repeatedly called upon to serve as an expert commentator on Fox News’ “Geraldo Rivera At Large” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”
His writing has been published in numerous Catholic publications by Our Sunday Visitor and Catholic News Service’s syndicated column “Faith Alive.”
He has written many popular books, including Exploring the Catholic Church, Guide to the Passion, and the book we’ll be discussing today, When the Church was Young.
Quote-of-the-week
“The era of the Church Fathers begins where the original eyewitnesses leave off and carries us through the period of the first seven great universal or ecumenical councils that hammered out the two most central issues in the Christian faith: How one God could be conceived of as three distinct person and how Jesus could have been both God and Man. Thus, these teachers helped bring Christianity out of its diapers into adulthood.”
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, When The Church Was Young
More Information
Click here to read David’s initial review of the book.
