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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sin and Death
This is the 16th blog in this series which began with Adam & Sin, Paradise and Fasting. The previous blog is Free will and Freedom. Because the Orthodox Patristic writers accepted the notion of free will, they did not believe … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestral Sin, being human, death, free will, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Patristic, salvation, theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam and Eve, Ancestral Sin, being human, death, free will, Mortality, original sin, Patristic, Sin, The Fall
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Free will and Freedom
This is the 15th blog in this series which began with Adam & Sin, Paradise and Fasting. The previous blog is Free Will. “In other words, ‘Paradise is the state of being in which there is no valuation or distinction’ … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestral Sin, being human, death, free will, freedom, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, salvation, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam and Eve, Ancestral Sin, death, free will, freedom, Image and Likeness, original sin, Paradise, salvation, Sin, temptation, The Fall, Torah, typology
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Free Will
This is the 14th blog in this series which began with Adam & Sin, Paradise and Fasting. The previous blog is The Fall from Grace. The Eastern Christian writers of the Patristic period tended to be very strong believers in … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestral Sin, Baptism, being human, death, free will, freedom, Great Lent, humility, Justice, Orthodox, Patristic, Repentance, salvation, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestral Sin, Baptism, death, free will, freedom, Hades, Humilty, Image and Likeness, Predestination, Repentance, Satan, Sheol, The Fall
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Prayer: Standing Attentively Before God
Prayer is essentially a state of standing before God. […] St Dimitri of Rostov (17th C): ‘Prayer is turning the mind and thoughts toward God. To pray means to stand before God with the mind, mentally to gaze unswervingly at … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Discipleshp, Great Lent, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Prayer, Uncategorized
Tagged God, God's Presence, Great Lent, Meditation, Pray, Prayer
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The Victory of the Cross
“Evil flies in the face of God, like the scourging of the blindfolded Jesus. The cries of Job can still be heard and Rachel weeps for her children. But the answer to Job has been given and remains given: it … Continue reading
Fasting as a Weapon in the Spiritual Warfare
Abba John the Short, advising the young brothers to love fasting, told them frequently: “The good soldier, undertaking to capture a strongly fortified, enemy city, blockades food and water. In this way the resistance of the enemy is weakened and … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Cross, Discipleshp, fasting, Great Lent, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Uncategorized
Tagged fasting, Great Lent, Passions, Self control, Self Denial, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Taking up the Cross, temptation
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Annunciation: The Descent of the Angel
Jacob of Serug (d. ca 520AD) was a Syrian Christian who wrote hymns and poetry. Little is actually known about him. He composed a poem based upon the Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38). One of the great images is “blessed is … Continue reading
Posted in Annunciation, God, Gospel, Incarnation, love, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Patristic, salvation, Thanksgiving, Theotokos
Tagged Adam and Christ, Annunciation, Archangel Gabriel, Mother of God, Theotokos, Virgin, Virgin Mary
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The Fall from Grace
This is the 13th blog in this series which began with Adam & Sin, Paradise and Fasting. The previous blog is What then is (Ancestral) Sin?. A few observations about the Fall itself. “For Gregory (of Nyssa), the mind, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestral Sin, being human, death, fasting, Great Lent, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Patristic
Tagged Adam and Eve, Ancestral Sin, being human, death, Dualism, fasting, Genesis 2, Great Lent, Image and Likeness, Mind and Matter, Paradise, Sin, The Fall
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What then is (Ancestral) Sin?
This is the 12th blog in this series which began with Adam & Sin, Paradise and Fasting. The previous blog is Ancestral Sin. While the notion of “original sin” seems to carry with it a sense of personal guilt and … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestral Sin, being human, death, free will, Great Lent, Kingdom, love, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, salvation, theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam and Eve, Ancestral Sin, being human, death, free will, Image and Likeness, Love vs. Self-love, Material Creation, original sin, Orthodoxy, Sin, soul, The Fall, theology
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