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# Read Greek Patristics with me, and make books
- URL: https://thepatrologist.com/read-greek-patristics-with-me-and-make-books/
- Published: 2022-09-07T07:30:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-15T22:56:53.000Z
- Author: Seumas Macdonald
- Tags: Uncategorized, #Migrated-1784156034836, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 22:54

This upcoming term (Oct 2022) I'm launching a new class which I'm hoping will become a long running entity. It's [Greek Patristics Readings](https://thepatrologist.com/content/files/2026/07/greek-patristics-reading.html), and it differs in two important respects from my usual class offerings.

*Firstly*, unlike the vast majority of my classes, this class isn't geared towards getting you speaking Greek. Would I love you to speak Ancient Greek? Absolutely. But I also know that's a big demand, and by running this class more in English, I hope it will open the doors to more students who want to read early Christian theological literature with me.

*Secondly*, participants in this class will be involved in a project to create Steadman style readers for more patristics texts. If you aren't familiar, [Geoffrey Steadman](https://geoffreysteadman.com/?ref=thepatrologist.com) has done significantly, magnificently valuable work in making Greek and Latin texts available in a format that enables more rapid reading, with vocabulary and commentary on the page with the text. I have previously done a few of these as pdfs, and one small book, but as you can see from [the website](https://patristicreaders.com/?ref=thepatrologist.com), I haven't worked actively on those for quite some time.

Thirdly, as a bonus one might say, I'm running this class at a considerable discount. That's partly because I will be spending that hour reading patristic Greek whether anybody is in class with me or not, partly because I want to lower the barrier to reading these important texts from early church history as much as I reasonably can. So come along, this coming term we'll be reading Ignatius of Antioch.