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Silent Sentinels and the Saints Among Us
Read more: Silent Sentinels and the Saints Among UsLike many, I recall my highschool years somewhat vividly. Our school was of moderate size with a personal history for most students that increased its impact. It opened in 1965 with grades 7 through 12, among the earliest accomodations in our county to the “baby boom” phenomenon. Existing schools simply could not handle the growing […]
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St. Nikolai Velimirovich – A Saint of the Modern World
Read more: St. Nikolai Velimirovich – A Saint of the Modern World
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The Fullness of Being
Read more: The Fullness of BeingGod is not only unity – He is also the fullness of being. When man seeks life’s riches he instinctively seeks for God. Even material riches involuntarily summon forth in the soul of a religious person the idea of Providence. The infinte diversity of being in the universe likewise turns us toward God. In religious […]
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A Short Post on Culture
Read more: A Short Post on CultureA short thought today on Orthodox Christianity and American culture. My intention in my recent post on this topic was not to lament the lack of Orthodox-produced culture in America, but rather to emphasize how productive of culture Orthodoxy is. It is something completely natural to Orthodox life if it is being lived in its […]
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St. Nicholas is for Sale
Read more: St. Nicholas is for SaleBrowsing the net can bring its surprises. The most dangerous thing in the world is to blindly type in whatever.com (meaning, “what you’re looking for” .com). Looking for things on St. Nicholas (whose feast is the 6th of December), I simply typed in saintnicholas.com and found a site which said: “Saintnicholas.com is for sale.” I […]
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Culture and the Fullness of the Faith
Read more: Culture and the Fullness of the FaithI have posted several articles recently about the relationship of the Orthodox Church to American culture – most of which have been critical of one element or another of culture. I want to look at the whole question from a different angle today. First, it has to be observed and emphasized that, wherever Orthodox Christianity […]
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Who Am I?
Read more: Who Am I?I ask a sensual man, “Who are you?” and he replies, “I am I,” and he thinks of his body. I ask a thinking man, “Who are you?” and he replies, “I see two sides in myself and I make my way between them, associating first with one and then the other,” and he is […]
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In the Secret Place of the Most High God
Read more: In the Secret Place of the Most High GodHe that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 There aren’t many secrets anymore. I live in a city that is known as the “Secret City,” because in the Second World War it was one of the main sites of the Manhattan Project […]
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Saturday – the Most Holy Mother of God and the Faithful Departed
Read more: Saturday – the Most Holy Mother of God and the Faithful DepartedOn Saturdays, the Orthodox Church remembers the Most Holy Mother of God and the faithful departed. During Holy Week, the Church celebrates Christ’s descent to the dead and His trampling down death by death on Holy Saturday, just as a week before on Lazarus Saturday, it remembers Christ’s raising Lazarus from the tomb. Throughout the […]
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Simon, Yes, Christ has 2 natures: divine and human. The 5th Ecumenical Council declared this definitively. One Person (Hypostasis) Two…
So does Christ now possess two nature’s? If he shed his human nature, then wouldn’t that impede theosis?
Owen, I think you’re right – those are the “lofty” things – a day at a time.
Simon, Dee, Yes. There is only one human nature – not a sin nature. But Christ’s human nature is the…
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Hello Fr. Stephen. Have you written an article specifically about sin? The difference between the western and eastern understandings of…