... with family for the (American) Thanksgiving holiday. Fewer of my children will be there - a mark of the maturing of their own families and ... was coming to terms with the wrathful God of some Western theology (or the misunderstandings of the "wrathful God"). At the heart of ...
... passages of Scripture are more familiar in the Orthodox Church than the Beatitudes - Christ's sayings from the Sermon on ... do not give much concern for psychological treatments of theology. But there is a point that is valuable and worth noting in the ...
... continuation of the series on culture and the individual. As inhabitants of our modern ... our culture (although itself the product of Christian theology rather than modern culture) is the understanding found within the 12 ...
... greater image of prayer and the love of God has been given in our modern time than that of the Elder ... participated while a student at Duke's Graduate School of Theology, I heard Hauerwas echo this quote with the assertion that "so soon as ...
... knowing God - which I have described as something that often comes to me in the "peripheral vision" of my life - seems somehow related ... expect, because of the seamless garment of Christian theology, that someone who does not understand the necessity of beauty will not ...
... Jonah of the OCA today addressed a group of conservative Anglicans. In the course of ... are now, in the Eastern Church, eminent for wisdom, and theology, and holiness, by the power of the Spirit. And it is most absurd [to ...
... centered around mercy and justice and the understanding of the sacrifice of Christ. I began with an article on a quote by St. Isaac of ... than compartmentalizing the Christian faith into moral theology and soteriology (atonement doctrine, etc.), everything is united in ...
... (related to the previous article) on the future "justice" of God. There are many who imagine theologically that at some later point, a ... hell figure prominently. Of course, this is simply poor theology. Eternity in hell is not a matter of justice nor can it ever be. ...
... John, in the prologue of his gospel, says the following: And the Word became flesh and ... of faith of every Christian: "Jesus is Lord." All theology finds its proper root in this true knowledge of God. It should never ...
... years ago when I was writing academically on the doctrine of the holy icons, I came across a distinction made by St. Theodore the Studite ... never been happy with the "as a tree falls so it lies" theology taught by some out there with regard to our death and judgment. Some ...
... offer a brief apology to Buddhists - forgive me if I have mischaracterized ... practices. We are enjoined by St. Paul to have within us the mind that was in Christ - specifically in His self-emptying love in going ... loves," is something of an incomplete sentence. Christian theology would argue that only in the Trinitarian revelation does the statement ...
... on my last two posts, The Nature of Things and Our Salvation and Beauty and the Salvation of the ... yet, beauty holds a very important place in Orthodox theology and practice. I do not propose to offer a theological account of ...
... Alexander Kalomiros, author of the River of Fire and other well known Orthodox writings, offers these simple ... your mind and heart, warm your body, and enter your reins. Theology is not a cerebral knowledge but a living knowlege that is directly ...
The River of Fire Copyright 1980 St. Nectarios Press THE RIVER OF FIRE by ALEXANDRE ... in order to pervert human thought? He used "theology". He first introduced a slight alteration in theology which, once it ...
... the nation’s historic resistance to the class structures of 17th and 18th century Europe (and later) as well as a positive response to ... is divorced from their understanding of God. Trinitarian theology and soteriology have no particular or necessary connection. In such ...
... the nation's historic resistance to the class structures of 17th and 18th century Europe (and later) as well as a positive response to ... is divorced from their understanding of God. Trinitarian theology and soteriology have no particular or necessary connection. In such ...
... heard this from Archimandrite Zacharius, the disciple of the Elder Sophrony: The Elder Sophrony once said that if a man would give ... while a student at Duke’s Graduate School of Theology, I heard Hauerwas echo this quote with the assertion that “so soon ...
... inhabitants of our modern culture, we find ourselves trapped in a world of "cause and effect." It is a physical explanation of the universe that has, for all intents and purposes, become a universal ... our culture (although itself the product of Christian theology rather than modern culture) is the understanding found within the 12 ...
... can say without hesitation that God is the ultimate author of Beauty, and what we know and love of beauty is an echo or stronger of our ... expect, because of the seamless garment of Christian theology, that someone who does not understand the necessity of beauty will not ...
... is frequently the case that Orthodox theology uses the word "fullness" to describe its understanding and life of the gospel. This is a far more apt expression than simply saying "we have ...
... in his book on St. Silouan, presents this theory of the "inverted pyramid." He says that the empirical cosmic being is like a ... participated while a student at Duke's Graduate School of Theology, I heard Hauerwas echo this quote with the assertion that "so soon as ...
... our Lord's Pascha is always remembered as the "Sunday of the Myrrhbearers," when the Church remembers the women and men who cared for ... the Myrrhbearers are sung, they reach into the depths of theology and sing what was True that day, though the Myrrhbearers would not yet ...
... ability. It seems to me well worth saying as discussions of the relationship between Scripture, dogma and science have surfaced. I offer ... a desire to know the truth. Much of this philosophy and theology of Biblical interpretation were a necessary part of Protestantism. If ...
... has been a tendency in much teaching about the notion of salvation by grace to ground the image in a legal or forensic metaphor. ... to the full understanding of either point. Orthodox theology, has largely been nurtured in the understanding of salvation as a ...
... capable of thanksgiving is capable of salvation. Fr. Alexander Schmemann I do not believe it is possible to exhaust this topic and that there are many things worth saying in a second article. Most specifically I ... was coming to terms with the wrathful God of some Western theology (or the misunderstandings of the "wrathful God"). At the heart of ...
... is not an easy read but brings its rewards. Papanikolaou offers the first comprehensive study of the works of Met. John Zizioulas and ... Christ. Without the reality of true communion, Christian theology always becomes just words about God (and words about God are not the ...
... posted several articles recently about the relationship of the Orthodox Church to American culture - most of which have been critical ... been the case in the history of Christianity that theology has set itself up as the enemy of culture. Thus Oliver Cromwell ...
... I would bring the discussion down from the heady heights of theology and into the place where I spend my time and the bulk of my life. ...
... of the more common topics both on this blog and on a number of other Orthodox ... understanding. There is always a warning within Orthodox theology when we speak very plainly about God - that we know only what God has ...
... with words." This simple statement has such a richness of implication that it is hard to ask too much of it. It obviously means to say ... a boundary that should have not been crossed. I had no theology to tell me so, only my inner sense of my relationship with God. ...
... written before about the two-storey universe that is part of our cultural inheritance in the modern world. I have noted that the default ... If, however, they were bad, or failed to have correct theology, or a number of other factors, they have to go to the basement (this ...
... pointed out that much of popular Christian language (and some images in sacred texts) lend themselves to the notion of a "two-storey" universe - and having noted that the ... in others simply, "in heaven." Of course Christian theology teaches us that though we may use spatial language to speak of God, we ...
... world, O Theotokos. You were translated to life, O Mother of Life, And by your prayers, you deliver our souls from death. Troparion of ... regarding Mary, other than to say that her place in theology is a seamless garment with the doctrine of Christ's incarnation and ...
... XVI has just released a clarification on the documents of Vatican II where he explains what is meant by calling the Orthodox ... local Church. This has not been embraced by Orthodox theology but has been seen as an aberration on the part of Rome. There is no ...
... could not resist using the title from the R.E.M. hit of a few years ago for this post, though it's really not about losing one's ... other, but with God as well. St. Maximus the Confessor, in theology that is not very easily penetrable, teaches of the "natural will," a ...
... Europe Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev: Christ the Conqueror of Hell The Descent of Christ into Hades in Eastern and Western Theological ... this event is understood differently. Liberal Western theology rejects altogether any possibility for speaking of the descent of ...
... of the most pervasive rules in Christian believing is the Latin phrase, "Lex ... is linked in my mind to the question of what is needed in theology. What do we need to believe to actually confess the Christian faith? ...
... of the intellectual problems encountered by atheism, though not one that is ... deft of contemporary writers with an insight into both theology and contemporary culture that is masterful, to say the least. I only ...
The following is from my earlier post of Florovsky on Ecumenism: The entire western experience of temptation and ... against any secret and undiagnosed poisoning. Orthodox theology has been called upon to answer non-Orthodox questions from the depths ...
... 19 year-old son, who would probably rather watch episodes of almost any science fiction show than eat pizza (almost). He particularly ... "open" to the future. I don't know enough about Protestant theology to discuss that idea (particularly since this involves some fringe of ...
... as Interpretation) is the Johanine Corpus, the writings of St. John. I am particularly intruiged by its development of a theology of "glory." Glory is not new to the Jewish Community. The glory of God ...
... in the few doctoral classes that were in the area of "Philosophical Theology." Thus, this will not be a philosophical response that settles matters ...
... seated methinks?). St. Romanos the Melodist was the author of the first Akathist, written in honor of the Theotokos ("Birthgiver of God"). ... honoring the Mother of God, is a veritable feast of theology on the economy of our salvation and the role of the Virgin in that ...
... Love begets reverent audaciousness. Thus a handful of Apostles, hitherto faint-hearted, after the descent of the Holy Ghost were ... man. This great gift also embraces in itself life-giving theology through a real dwelling in the Light of love. This passage from Fr. ...
... years ago when I was writing academically on the doctrine of the holy icons, I came across a distinction made by St. Theodore the Studite ... never been happy with the "as a tree falls so it lies" theology taught by some out there with regard to our death and judgment. Some ...
... have been puzzling some lately about the doctrine of Justification, particularly as understood by some Protestants. ... sold under sin. And having descended into hell through the Cross, that He might fill all things with Himself, He loosed the pains of ...