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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, communion with god, ecumenical councils, Holy Scriptures, image of god, orthodoxy, protestants, religion, resurrection, st. maximos, theosis, union with god, zwingli 1 Comment
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, communion with god, death, divine nature, grace, healing, heaven, hell, holy spirit, jesus of nazareth, life, love, mystery, theosis, time, truth 2 Comments
Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 2 – The Caricature
I believe it’s important to describe the perspective on reality I intend to deconstruct in this series. While this perspective is expressed and nuanced in many different ways, all modern expressions of this perspective share certain certain features. Fr. Stephen, in his excellent series, uses the metaphor of a two-story house with a basement to [...]
Four Hundred Texts on Love 14
48. The person who fears the Lord has humility as his constant companion and, through the thoughts which humility inspires, reaches a state of divine love and thankfulness. For he recalls his former worldly way of life, the various sins he has committed and the temptations which have befallen him since his youth; and he [...]
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God Is Holy
I was reading something this past week when I had a sudden epiphany. For the first time, I had a sense that I grasped something of what people tend to mean when they use that tricksy word, holy. As I’ve discussed elsewhere, the word itself means something set apart particularly for religious purposes, something or [...]
Posted in Faith Also tagged christian perspective, god is love, gospels, holiness, jesus of nazareth, romans, secular, sin, supernatural, tautology, transcendence Leave a comment
Original Sin 28 – Original Sin According to St. Paul
I have read the article, Original Sin According to St. Paul, by John S. Romanides, several times and I believe I’ve absorbed its main points. This is a modern Orthodox theological paper written in light of interaction with Western thought. As such, it has some points that fit well with this series. I encourage anyone [...]
Posted in Original Sin Also tagged Augustine, dualism, flesh, guilt, hell, justice of god, love, Original Sin, Orthodox, reality, resurrection, sin, theologian 2 Comments
Original Sin 19 – St. Augustine & Pelagius
It’s impossible to discuss the origin of the idea of original sin as the inherited or shared guilt of Adam without noting the context within which St. Augustine developed it. And the idea developed within the context of the long-running dispute between St. Augustine and Pelagius. I find that this particular dispute is often caricatured [...]
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Original Sin 14 – The Two Natures of Christ
Whether through the hands of another human being, in the narrative text of the Holy Scriptures, or through some sense of direct connection, it has always been Jesus of Nazareth, called the Christ, who draws me toward Christianity and who keeps me circling in a whirlpool of love with Jesus at its center. But I [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 19