On Counsel
“Sometimes, a person wishes something good, but God doesn’t help him — maybe because the intention came from the devil and is not for our benefit; or maybe because it is beyond our strength as we have...
View ArticleOn Joy & Sorrow
Abba Dorotheus “It is impossible for anyone to get angry with his neighbor without initially raising himself above him, belittling him and then regarding himself higher than the neighbor.” “People...
View ArticleMarriage Contemplated in Silence
[Selections from Ochophobist] “Our closest friends Matthew and Esther have been mentioned on this blog many times. They farm in southern Missouri. Yesterday their youngest child, Fergus, suffered an...
View ArticleWorthless Religion
“If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and...
View ArticlePublic Morality & Marriage
I discern a contradiction espoused by Christians who adhere to an exclusivist ultra-theologized definition of marriage but regard certain of their context-specific behavioral norms as binding on all of...
View ArticleRamblings I
[Last day of classes, absolutely burned out, definitely didn't put out my best today academically. Not depressed but not feeling great either; I've had so much difficulty concentrating this week it's...
View ArticleSt. Jerome on Marriage: Worst Exegesis Ever!
No offense, but this was pretty funny… Read it all, it’s a doozy. —————————————————– Let us turn back to the chief point of the evidence: “It is good,” he says, “for a man not to touch a woman.” If it...
View ArticleA Question of Consistency
Recently a conservative Roman Catholic (Tridentine Mass) asked me to explain why Orthodox Churches allow re-marriage and contraception. From her perspective we are being inconsistent, even...
View ArticleThe Dynamism of Holy Tradition
I. How & Why Traditions Are Created “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered...
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