{"id":1724,"date":"2012-02-16T13:18:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadsfromemmaus.org\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2012-02-16T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:18:41","slug":"interview-with-theron-mathis-on-sword-in-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/2012\/02\/16\/interview-with-theron-mathis-on-sword-in-the-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Theron Mathis on &#8220;Sword in the Fire&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2011\/04\/cover-final.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2011\/04\/cover-final.png?w=200\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cover-final\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2011\/04\/cover-final.png 522w, https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2011\/04\/cover-final-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Theron Mathis, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conciliarpress.com\/products\/The-Rest-of-the-Bible.html\"><i>The Rest of the Bible: A Guide to the Old Testament of the Early Church<\/i><\/a>, has graciously conducted a brief interview with me regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conciliarpress.com\/products\/Orthodoxy-and-Heterodoxy.html\"><i>Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy<\/i><\/a> and other matters on his weblog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theronmathis.com\/\"><i>Sword in the Fire<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from the introduction:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fr. Andrew does the seemingly impossible in a mere 224 pages.  He gives a broad scope of Orthodox belief, but details every imaginable brand of Christianity, cult, and world religion.  <\/p>\n<p>The book originally began as a podcast series on Ancient Faith radio with the same name, but don&#8217;t be afraid of redundant content, there is plenty of new information expressed clearly for the religion teacher and the non-specialist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theronmathis.com\/2012\/02\/interview-with-fr-andrew-stephen-damick.html\">Read the full post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theron Mathis, author of The Rest of the Bible: A Guide to the Old Testament of the Early Church, has graciously conducted a brief interview with me regarding Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and other matters on his weblog Sword in the Fire. Excerpt from the introduction: Fr. Andrew does the seemingly impossible in a mere 224 pages. 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