Monthly Archives: October 2014

Schmemann and Vonier: The Sacramentality of Sacraments

Posted on 29 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

One of my favorite books on the Holy Eucharist is Fr Alexander Schmemann’s The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom. I read it shortly after it was published in the late ’80s and have re-read it a couple of times since. … Continue reading →

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The Scandalous Injustice of Grace

Posted on 27 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In 2008 “60 Minutes” interviewed the Boston button man John Martorano. The interview is unsettling. In a quiet, detached, matter-of-fact tone, Martorano describes the twenty confessed murders he committed during his years as an enforcer for the Winter Hill Gang. … Continue reading →

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“The hard tortures are grief for love”

Posted on 25 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I say that even those who are tormented in Gehenna are tormented with the torments of love. Torments for love’s sake, that is, the torment of those who perceive that they have sinned against love, is harder and more bitter … Continue reading →

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Clinging to Externals: Weak Faith and the Power of the Sacraments

Posted on 23 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Phillip Cary, Ph.D. Behind the debates about the objectivity of Christ’s presence in the Reformed view of the supper are crucial pastoral questions about the nature of faith, and I think it will bring clarity to the debate if … Continue reading →

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Calvin and Luther: Is Jesus REALLY Present in the Supper?

Posted on 21 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Phillip Cary, Ph.D. Is Christ’s body objectively present in the sacrament, according to John Calvin? Unfortunately, that depends on what you mean by “objective,” which is a slippery and ambiguous word with no exact equivalent in the 16th-century discussion. … Continue reading →

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The Woman, the Hour, and the Garden

Posted on 19 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Fr Addison Hodges Hart I Shamelessly using a term that was already overused a decade ago, I will note here at the very outset that the Gospel of John employs “coded” language and images in its recounting of the … Continue reading →

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The God of Regret versus the God of the Bible

Posted on 17 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

A quick note. I just read Greg Boyd’s blog piece “God’s Regrets and Divine Foreknowledge.” Does God ever regret his decisions? Of course he does, Boyd avers. The Bible tells us so. The most famous story of divine regret is … Continue reading →

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Christian Marriage in Byzantium

Posted on 16 October 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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