Monthly Archives: January 2017

Preaching the Politics of Pascha

Posted on 31 January 2017 by

Since November 8th, contributors to Public Orthodoxy have advanced various responses to the unexpected victory of Donald J. Trump. Fr John Jillions proposes that the Church needs to practice a politics of communion, which includes charitable works, prophetic political witness, and renewed … Continue reading →

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Action is the Revelation of Being

Posted on 29 January 2017 by

Action is the revelation of being. This principle, Norris Clarke tells us, is central to the metaphysics of St Thomas Aquinas. It also seems to be true. Try to imagine a non-acting being—an entity that never interacts with other entities, … Continue reading →

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“Nothing can bind or impede the soul that senses God”

Posted on 28 January 2017 by

All who were called by the Lord obeyed his summons at once, provided love of earthly things did not weigh them down. For worldly ties are a weight upon the mind and understanding, and for those bound by them it … Continue reading →

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“God is Working His Purpose Out”

Posted on 28 January 2017 by
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“Nothing is contributed if the church merely echoes the current buzz-words”

Posted on 28 January 2017 by

Preachers ought not, I think, constantly to be preaching on political topics. As a student at an American University during the troubled Presidency of Richard Nixon, I recall a University chaplain who repeatedly made use of the pulpit for personal … Continue reading →

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Those Darn Greeks: Metaphysics and the Hellenization of the Gospel

Posted on 27 January 2017 by

I begin with an apology. Readers of Eclectic Orthodoxy have no doubt observed that over the past six months I have been preoccupied with questions that might be called philosophical, even metaphysical (yikes!). I know these topics are of little … Continue reading →

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Repentance and Salvation: Transcending the Pharisee Within

Posted on 25 January 2017 by

“For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matt 16:25)—here is the heart of Orthodox ethics, Christos Yannaras passionately avers. This may come as a surprise to many. … Continue reading →

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