Monthly Archives: June 2014

Sergius Bulgakov: The Active Passivity of the Afterlife

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Originally posted on Eclectic Orthodoxy:
If the eschatological vision of St Isaac of Ninevah is to be fulfilled, then it must be possible for those who die outside of Christ Jesus to subsequently repent of their sins and turn to…

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I’m having rotary cuff surgery tomorrow. I do not know yet how it will interfere with my typing and thus my blogging. I do have two articles in the hopper. The first article in my series on Sergius Bulgakov’s eschatology … Continue reading →

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel | 6 Comments

Meditating Four Quartets: East Coker (III/4)

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

You say I am repeating / Something I have said before. I shall say it again. / Shall I say it again? In order to arrive there, / To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not, … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: East Coker (III/3)

Posted on 28 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

There is death and there is death. We all go into the dark, but if we embrace it before it overtakes us, perhaps the dark will become the darkness that is God and the way to illumination. I said to … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: East Coker (III/2)

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I remember watching as a kid an old Lionel Barrymore movie titled On Borrowed Time. (I think it was the first time I ever heard the word “pissant” used.) Gramps traps Death up an apple tree. He steals a little … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: East Coker (III)

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Third Movement O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark, / The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant, / The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters, / The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and … Continue reading →

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Oecumenical Grace: Comparisons

Posted on 22 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In the concluding chapter of their book The Theology of Grace and the Oecumenical Movement, Charles Mœller and Gérard Philips address the differences between the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Reformed Churches on the mystery of grace. The Churches agree on … Continue reading →

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Jerry Coyne and his Anthropomorphic God

Posted on 21 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Weekends are always slow blog days, at least when it comes to people reading blogs. Hence I like to restrict (when possible) my more substantive pieces to Mondays through Thursdays. So how about a little Jerry Coyne filler today? Today … Continue reading →

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