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Seeing and Believing – A Noetic Life Part 2
Read more: Seeing and Believing – A Noetic Life Part 2“I see what you mean.” Language holds many secrets that we ignore. Some of the secrets are quite old. If we pay proper attention, we are able to discover things that we already know, but did not yet know that we knew. The phrase, “Now I see,” or other various uses of “seeing” as a […]
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A Noetic Life
Read more: A Noetic LifeEskimos really do have over 50 words for snow. In total, there are around 180 words for snow and ice. There is “aqilokoq” for “softly falling snow” and “piegnartoq” for “the snow [that is] good for driving a sled.” There is also “utuqaq,” which means, “ice that lasts year after year” and “siguliaksraq,” the patchwork […]
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Living in the Real World
Read more: Living in the Real WorldNothing exists in general. If something is beautiful or good, it is manifest in a particular way at a particular time such that we can know it. And this is our true life. A life lived in a “generalized” manner is no life at all, but only a fantasy. However, this fantasy is increasingly the […]
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Say Yes
Read more: Say YesFor the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you … was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God …. (2Co 1:19-20) +++ It is very hard to say No, despite the […]
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How Good Is Your Will? Part Two of The Ontological Model
Read more: How Good Is Your Will? Part Two of The Ontological ModelSuppose I give you a bicycle for the convenience of travel. Suppose, however, that the bicycle is broken: flat tires, missing spokes, a chain that slips frequently. Nevertheless, you figure out a way to make it go. The ride is bumpy and you often have to stop and fix the chain. You fear that one […]
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Being Saved – The Ontological Approach
Read more: Being Saved – The Ontological ApproachI cannot begin to count the number of times I wished there were a simple, felicitous word for “ontological.” I dislike writing theology with words that have to be explained – that is, words whose meanings are not immediately obvious. But, alas, I have found no substitute and will, therefore, beg my reader’s indulgence for […]
Atonement, Communion, Existence, Incarnation, Morality, Mystical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Pascha, Reflections, Salvation, Union with God
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The Seat of Mercy and the End of the Legal View
Read more: The Seat of Mercy and the End of the Legal ViewAmong the more problematic words in the New Testament is the Greek hilasterion. It is translated as “propitiation” in some of the older English Bibles, and “expiation,” in newer ones. It’s actual meaning is neither. The word literally means “the place of mercy,” and is the Greek word used in the Old Testament (LXX) to […]
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Blood Brothers of the Incarnation
Read more: Blood Brothers of the IncarnationMy childhood in the 1950’s had the innocence of the time, fed by stories of our elders and the clumsy movies. We played soldiers (everyone’s father had been in the Second World War) and “Cowboys and Indians.” Despite the clear bias of the movies and the slanted propaganda that passed for history, almost everyone wanted […]
Atonement, Communion, Incarnation, Interpretation, Modernity, Reflections, The Sacraments, Union with God
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The Scandal of the Transfiguration
Read more: The Scandal of the TransfigurationMy bishop recently shared the story of a young man whom he taught some years ago. He was Orthodox from Estonia. He grew up in the Soviet era and had come to hate all things Russian, including the Orthodox Church. Nevertheless, he saw an Orthodox procession in the streets of his city one year, a […]
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Remembering the End
Read more: Remembering the EndOrthodox Christianity often seems inherently conservative. The unyielding place that tradition holds within its life seems ready-made for a conservative bulwark against a world all-too-ready to forget everything that is good or beautiful. There are subtle but important distinctions that make this treatment of Orthodoxy misleading and can lead to the distortion of the faith […]
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Father – The various snippets and words of Dr. Alexander Kalomiros, primarily through your blog, but not exclusively, I think,…
Father, I think this relates to your article: Archimandrite Zacharias mentions that in the period when he was studying Orthodox…
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Dee, I’ll add a small observation. My suggestion that we “drink water from our own cistern” primarily has in view…
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Matthew W., Unfortunately, Kalomiros’ writings are mostly out of print and unobtainable. He was a bit of an odd character…