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Oct 12, 2011, 9:57 am
Here below man can know God only by analogy … J. Pohle, God: His Knowability, Essence and Attributes, p. 15. One of the greatest problems of our times is that we tend to speak about God carelessly. We apply words like … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Oct 9, 2011, 3:12 pm
Dogmatic Theology has from earliest times been part of Christian thought and practice. The first clear dogmatic theology project extant is of course the great Origen’s On First Principles from whence this blog derives its name. At some point I will get … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Jun 20, 2011, 10:03 pm
Peter Lombard is going to have to wait. I do not have access to a complete set of his Sentences and will need to address him later. It seems fitting – however – to spend some time posting on Origen. He is after all the greatest human inspiration behind this blog, and Origen has been Comment - Like
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May 15, 2011, 9:40 am
Joseph de Ghellinck described the Book of Sentences compiled by Peter Lombard with the above words. Yet whether these word are true depends on what one expects from a book in order to have “value.” The Book of Sentences is not a work of original theology in the modern sense. If that is what cons... Comment - Like
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May 14, 2011, 8:55 am
PETER LOMBARD Browsing through the stacks of Cleveland Public Library (cpl.org) I found an interesting little volume called “Peter Lombard.” It caught my eye mostly because I remember Fr. John Behr telling me that Peter had messed up proper Trinitarian Theology by mistakenly teaching that all th... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2011, 10:26 am
A reflection on “Heavenly Participation: the weaving of a sacramental tapestry.” Hans Boersma is a fellow countryman of mine and he has written an excellent and timely book. Two reasons for me to like the man without even (personally) knowing him! The Book is basically an apologia for understan... Comment - Like
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Feb 12, 2011, 10:07 am
“… to learn to pray from the Lord”, to pray as the men from the Bible and our Fathers in faith did, means not only making certain texts one’s own, but also to assimilate all of those methods, forms, gestures, and so on, in which this praying finds its most suitable expression. Fr. Gabriel Bu... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2011, 1:59 am
… designed with a view to becoming. Fr. Gabriel Bunge ~ Earthen Vessels (p. 12) The human being is created in the Image of God. Or perhaps it would be better to say after the Image of God. The Fathers teach us that it is not man who is created as the Image of God Comment - Like
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Feb 5, 2011, 4:46 am
In ecclesial circles today one often hears the lament, “The faith is evaporating.” Despite an unprecedented “pastoral approach:, the faith of many Christians in fact apears to be “growing cold” or even to put it colloquially, to be “evaporating”. There is talk of a great crisis of fait... Comment - Like
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Aug 4, 2010, 7:50 am
It is not uncommon to find it postulated that Origen’s subordinationism was an inspiration to Arius in formulating his own style of theology later named Arianism. An obvious problem with this thesis is Origen’s own theology as set forth in his On First Principles (from which this blog derives it... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2010, 10:06 am
… is of fundamental importance for a life in Christ. Each and every single one of us needs ‘spiritual direction.’ But very often spiritual fathers and/or mothers are very hard to find. The Jesuit Priest Jean Pierre de Caussade provides a little book of ‘directions’ for leading a fruitful s... Comment - Like
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May 10, 2010, 3:15 pm
Divine Liturgy at Hagia Sophia on Sept. 17, 2010? http://preachersinstitute.com/2010/05/divine-liturgy-at-hagia-sophia-on-sept-17-2010/ May 8, 2010 by: admin By Kleo Mavridis Members of the “International Congregation of Agia Sophia” will make a pilgrimage to Agia Sofia in Istanbul in order to c... Comment - Like
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May 7, 2010, 2:08 pm
Those who hold the land of heaven as their own by means of ascetic labours do not fix their gaze on the stomach, nor on concern for perishable goods, like those who offer prayers for the sake of their own personal profit, ‘thinking that piety is a means of gain (I Tim. 6:5). On the Comment - Like
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May 2, 2010, 4:27 am
The Anglican Breviary blog has been updated with a new Monthly Overview and Daily Ordo for the Simple Kalendar and a short description of the Easter Octave has been posted from the works of the Rev. John Mason Neale. http://theanglicanbreviary.wordpress.com/ Fr. Gregory Wassen + Filed under: Uncateg... Comment - Like
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Apr 22, 2010, 4:50 am
Previously we have begun to discuss Origen’s exegesis of Jeremiah’s “Call Narrative” found in the opening of this biblical book (here). We have seen Origen, as we no doubt expected of him, press us to understand the spiritual meaning of the text. And with the latter we shall pick up where we... Comment - Like
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Apr 6, 2009, 11:19 am
The translation is mine (Fr. Gregory) and has been an ongoing process. If you have any suggestions in correcting my English (I am not a native writer/speaker) pls do comment! Created and Renewed after the Image of God Concerning the … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Feb 16, 2009, 11:41 am
In my research for my MDiv thesis I came across an article referenced by Fr. John Behr in his The Way to Nicea written by M. Harl. In it an interesting suggestion is made concerning Origen and the often repeated … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2008, 3:27 pm
Conclusion of Justification by Faith So the gift of the Holy Spirit is not regarded by Protestants as something definitely imparted by an external sacramental act which may be done by Christ’s human representatives acting in His Name and Person … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2008, 10:31 am
Part iii of Justification by Faith by Dom Gregory Dix Thus Protestantism retained the idea of the Church, despite its awkwardness in the Protestant scheme of thought. But the New Testament idea as the ‘Body of Christ’, not only His … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2008, 9:34 am
Part II from Dom Gregory Dix on Justification by Faith I have put it briefly, because I have no intention of criticising it here or of pointing out its great differences from the Catholic doctrine of Justification, except under one … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2008, 1:44 pm
… an excerpt from a letter (published in The Question of Anglican Orders: Letters to a Layman) by the Anglo Catholic theologian Dom Gregory Dix: not, as we often pretend, … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2008, 2:12 pm
Part III and conclusion to Ways to Church Reunion There still remains another point, namely, that of the canonical nature of any Reunion achieved through Eucharistic fellowship. There is a firm conviction that Reunion can only be the act of … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2008, 8:40 pm
The Journal of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, no. 22, 1933, p. 7-17. by Fr. Sergius Bulgakov An article on the actual unity of the apparently divided Church: in prayer, faith, and sacrament (John 4, 23). The language of the New Testament frequently coins the term :”the Church” or ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
In the Holy Rule Chapter 43 St. Benedict writes: Anyone who does not come to table before the verse, so that all together may say the verse and the oration and all sit down to table at the same time– anyone who through his own carelessness or bad habit does not come on time shall Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Sometimes the criticism is made that the Church Fathers (Origen and Evagrius in particular) are influenced negatively by “Platonism” (whatever the term means to whomever uses it). The Fathers, it is asserted, had a very negative view of the body. They viewed as a prison from which we nee... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
It is unnatural – for a Dutchman – to be so pleased and happy about someone giving up speedskating. And yet I am happy about this one: U.S. speedskater took leap of faith By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports Feb 14, 12:24 am EST VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Twelve years ago at the Winter Olympics ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
In his The Lamb of God Fr. Sergius Bulgakov writes about Apollinarius with great sympathy. It is Fr. Srgius’ contention that Apollinarius is the driving force behind orthodox (I am using small ‘o’ to distinguish it from Eastern Orthodoxy) christology. As far as Fr. Sergius is concerned Apollin... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
… for a great man has gone to be with Christ and leaves a grieving flock behind. His Eminence Abp Job has died from complications to an Pneumonia earlier this morning. From the OC website: SYOSSET, NY Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2694 This morning’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews begins with the boldest and most unambiguous statement possible of what’s new and different about Christmas. God has always been communicating with humanity, in any number of ways; but what we need... Comment - Like
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My name is Fr. Gregory Wassen. I am a priest in the Orthodox Church of America in the diocese of the Midwest (under Abp. Job). I am married and have one son.
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