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How Much Is Too Little? How Much Is Enough?
Read more: How Much Is Too Little? How Much Is Enough?One of the most pervasive rules in Christian believing is the Latin phrase, “Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi,” usually rendered, “The Law of Praying is the Law of Believing.” It is a simple way of saying both that we believe what we pray (praying will inevitably bring about a conformity in believing), and that if something […]
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Falwell’s Death – the Passing of an Era?
Read more: Falwell’s Death – the Passing of an Era?When I was fresh out of seminary, the year was 1980, an election year. I was a newly ordained Episcopal Deacon, serving in a parish with a priest who told me on the first day, “I do not pray.” That same summer I began to get mailings from something called the “Moral Majority.” Those of […]
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The Ship of Salvation
Read more: The Ship of SalvationOne of the central points common to all Reformers was their rejection of mediation. The mediaeval church as they understood it, a corporate body in which some, more dedicated, members could win merit and salvation for others who were less so, was anathema to them. There could be no such thing as more devoted or […]
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Living Large and Love
Read more: Living Large and LoveIt is common to both the writings of Dostoevsky [particularly in the Brothers Karamazov] and in the teachings of the Elder Sophrony and St. Silouan, that each man must see and understand himself to be responsible for the sins of all. This can be a statement that troubles some – as if doing this were […]
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From A Spiritual Psalter
Read more: From A Spiritual PsalterSt. Theophan the Recluse collected excerpts from the works of St. Epraim the Syrian and arranged them as 150 “Psalms”. the following is Psalm 11. I Can Control Neither Myself nor the Enemy. Help Me, O Lord! No one can heal my disease except He Who knows the depths of the heart. How many times have […]
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Scripture and Tradition – Fr. John Behr
Read more: Scripture and Tradition – Fr. John BehrThe following is excerpted from Fr. John Behr’s lecture on the Orthodox Faith, delivered in 1998 at the University of North Carolina. A link to the full text is given at the end of the article. Fr. John is now Dean of St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary. Rather than talking about the historical or external aspects of the Churches […]
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Frederica Mathewes-Green on Autism
Read more: Frederica Mathewes-Green on AutismKhouria Frederica shares these very poignant thoughts on her autistic grandson. I heartily recommend it.
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See Paradise
Read more: See ParadiseThis June I will be joined by Fr. Justin Mathews and his family here in my ministry at St. Anne Orthodox Church. Among other things, he is a contemporary Christian musician with some excellent work. I have a feeling that I’m going to know much more about contemporary Christian Orthodox musicians in the near future. […]
Charles, I was struck when reading St. Basil (don’t remember the exact text) but he described time as a “created…