Tag: sacrament

  • The Sacrament of the Heart

    Scholars of the New Testament occasionally conjecture about what is termed the ipsissima verba of Christ, the “very words themselves.” It is a term for those sayings that are considered historically authentic beyond question. One saying which in my opinion belongs to such a category are the so-called “words of institution” (“this is my body…this…

  • All In The Head

    Some questions are so obvious we fail to ask them. Is it all in the head? The question is whether the sense of spiritual, refers to anything other than ourselves. Is there any connection between myself and others, between myself and God, between myself and nature, or is such a perception only a set of…


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  1. This had me curious about the original etymology of the word communion: Something like mutual participation or shared duties from…

  2. Lynne, There’s no particular dogma of the Church that describes icons as “windows” into heaven. So, I’m not sure where…

  3. “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall; He is looking through…

  4. Lynne, I like the open-door metaphor, too, perhaps because many icons depict the saint’s entire body—i.e., standing at the door.…

  5. When I first heard about icons, many years ago, from my Protestant days, they were described as “Windows to Heaven.”…


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