Comments on: Notes from the Underground And Man’s True Heart

By: dinoship

dinoship — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:50:06 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this little masterpiece here! it really reminds me of Saint Justin Popovich….
Indeed, our current rationalised western world keeps searching for and proclaiming supposed ‘universal truths’ rather than Truth Himself – the Living Divine Logos, incarnate and crucified and eternally manifesting that: though love is perceived by us as death -to die fro someone else- Love is over death!

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arden arcade sacramento — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:31:49 +0000

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By: Prudence True

Prudence True — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:51:34 +0000

Fr. S-

I like what you say here, dangling or not. You’ve contrasted Reason with the Heart . . . where God resides. I haven’t read D. but I’m sure his Russian soul had this knowledge of the heart embedded within, and thus his contrast with the world of reason works (for you).

Sorry, now I’m combining both dangling and rambling together!

By: fatherstephen

fatherstephen — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:30:23 +0000

Scott,
The Protestant, rational, approach to the atonement, is to see each man as guilty (responsible) for only his own sins, and that these are taken care of by the sacrifice of Christ in a transactional view (forensic) of the atonement. I did this, He did that, now I’m forgiven. The more Orthodox approach, which is more mystical and less rational, is to say that the nature of sin is a very communal thing. No one sins entirely on his own, nor do his sins effect only himself. The declaration of love is, “Each man is guilty of the sins of everyone.” This is a profession of love rather than a profession of our legal standing. But we are united to one another, and by love, bear one anothers burdens. Like Christ, we take upon ourselves the sins of all (in union with Him – for there is no Christ who has not taken upon Himself the sins of all). Thus as we forgive everyone for everything, we find ourselves participating in the love of God, who does exactly that.

By: Scott Weatherhogge

Scott Weatherhogge — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:31:25 +0000

Father, this is an excellent post. I am new to Orthodoxy (that is, I was baptized a little over a month ago) and I didn’t understand when you said “He embraces the irrational claims of the gospel – every man is guilty of the sins of all…we must forgive everyone for everything…” This may be one of those ‘dangling ends’ you mentioned. Could you elaborate on what this means in light of Scripture and Orthodox teaching?

Christ is risen!

By: John

John — Tue, 24 May 2011 04:44:18 +0000

This is a very insightful post. I’d like to read more about this.

By: kevien henry

kevien henry — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:08:50 +0000

This is one of your best posts. It needs to be heard in today’s Orthodoxy. It is too easy to fall into mere religion.

By: fatherstephen

fatherstephen — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:43:09 +0000

Steve. Indeed. I have been enjoying the book immensely – thus it occupies a lot of my thoughts – and thus it comes out on the blog (probably in a sermon or two). But it felt (after I wrote the piece) that I needed to digest it longer. Digest, prune, and several other metaphors.

By: Steve L

Steve L — Sat, 21 May 2011 22:16:30 +0000

You were just following your will, right Father? You can always prune it later.

By: Ben Marston

Ben Marston — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:43:06 +0000

I liked it a lot, and though there are dangling ends, if they are to be joined to something else; that something will come this way in time.