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An Orthodox Mind?
I was reading (or actually re-reading, since I’ve written a past series based on it) an article this morning that prompted a variety of thoughts. As a result, I believe this post will be a more meandering one than I usually write as I wander down different corridors in my mind. The article is Beyond [...]
Posted in Faith Also tagged atonement, communion with god, ecumenical councils, Holy Scriptures, image of god, incarnation, orthodoxy, protestants, religion, resurrection, st. maximos, theosis, union with god, zwingli 1 Comment
Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 14
39. The person who has come to know the weakness of human nature has gained experience of divine power. Such a man, having achieved some things and eager to achieve others through this divine power, never belittles anyone. For he knows that just as God has helped him and freed him from many passions and [...]
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Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 10 – Theosis or Deification
If our basic problem is that we don’t want God and are not able to live within him and in union with him, what’s the solution? This question points to the deeper meaning and accomplishment of the work of the mystery of the Incarnation. It’s why Christians traditionally believed and taught that Christ would have [...]
Posted in Hell Also tagged athanasius, christians, communion with god, death, divine nature, grace, healing, heaven, hell, holy spirit, incarnation, jesus of nazareth, life, love, mystery, theosis, time, truth 2 Comments
What is the source of our oneness?
Once again, I would appreciate any thoughts, comments, or reactions my words spur in anyone who happens to read this. Incorporating and responding to the thoughts of others is one of the ways I process thoughts, and the thoughts in this post are certainly less than complete. I’ll start with the paragraph from 1 Corinthians [...]
Posted in Eucharist, Faith Also tagged body, body and blood, bread and wine, christianity, christians, corinthians, dualism, hinduism, Holy Scriptures, holy spirit, life, lord jesus christ, love, marriage, oneness, pluralism, pray, reality, scripture, secular, spirit, spiritual, zwingli 5 Comments
Original Sin 16 – Healing the Nature of Man
As I began to knit Scripture together with its ancient Christian interpretations, the image that likely sealed my turn toward Christianity was the image of recapitulation first found in the work St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Against Heresies. His imagery of recapitulation follows St. Paul’s typology of Adam and Christ. [Christ became man], in order that, [...]
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Original Sin 15 – What is the Gospel?
I have been struggling over how I would write this part of the series since I started it. I know what I want to say, but I’ve discovered over the years that this is a place where the fact that I was not culturally shaped within the context of American Christianity creates a disconnect that [...]
Posted in Original Sin Also tagged communion with god, death, guilt, love, Original Sin, resurrection, sin, son of god, stephen freeman 1 Comment
Original Sin 10 – God Calls a People
It’s within the context of a humanity divided into many peoples with many gods, that we see God’s next move in Genesis 12. And unless you grasp the context of Babel, the dominion of death over humanity, and something of the depth and breadth of the healing and restoration we required, God’s moves looks exceedingly [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 16