The Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, and the Feast Day...
“And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. And when the days for their purification...
View ArticleThinking About Salvation VII, Part B: On Criteria for Discerning the Church
Like Jeff, I have been thinking about how we can tell where the true Church is–though we cannot say where it is not–and have come to some penultimate conclusions. (Note: I’m currently composing an...
View ArticleC S Lewis, “Priestesses in the Church?”
I found Lewis’ insightful essay on the net. You should read the whole thing. You can go to it here. These two paragraphs are representative: Now it is surely the case that if all these supposals were...
View ArticleA Partial Refutation of the Tradition’s Critics: St Nina Isapostolos and the...
From The Prologue from Ochrid for 14 Jan: SAINT NINA, THE ENLIGHTENER OF THE GEORGIANS Nina was a relative of St. George the Great Martyr and Juvenal, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Her parents belonged...
View ArticleKant on Religion and Reason
In a very interesting essay entitled “What is Enlightenment?” (Was ist Aufklarung?), Kant takes pains to stress the necessity for reason’s autonomy. Reason should be free to follow its own ends and...
View ArticleOn Just War
Although we all should be continuing to pray for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq situation, it seems we should also be preparing for war. How should we respond to a war with Iraq? I’ve come across a...
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