Church History: in plain language

This book is so awesome (thus far in my reading) that i had to post something that stuck out boldly to me:

"Gnosticism holds an important lesson for all Christians who try to disentangle the gospel from its involvement with "barbaric and outmoded" Jewish nothions about God and history. It speaks to all who try to raise Christianity from the level of faith to a higher realm of intelligent knowledge and so increase its attractiveness to important people.
in his effort to reconcile Christ and teh gospel with the science and philosophy of his day, the gnostic denied the Event (Jesus' death and resurrection) and lost the gospel. Just as nineteenth-century defenders of the faith tried to present Jesus Christ in terms of evolution, so the gnostic interpreted the Savior in light of the facinating ideas of the enlightened men of his day. but the attempt to tie the gospel to the latest theories of men is self-defeating. Nothing is as fleeting in history as the latest theories that flourish amoung the enlightened, and nothing can be more quickly dismissed by later generations."
-Bruce L. Shelley, Chapter 5 Arguing About the Event, page 52.

man. i love history.this is great.
got to go read again.....so far we have covered "the Age of Jesus and teh Apostles" and i am deep into the Age of Catholic Christianity.....

enjoy your day!!
sue