Monthly Archives: April 2022

“Death could not devour our Lord unless he possessed a body, neither could hell swallow him up unless he bore our flesh”

Posted on 30 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Death trampled our Lord underfoot, but he in his turn treated death as a highroad for his own feet. He submitted to it, enduring it willingly, because by this means he would be able to destroy death in spite of … Continue reading →

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“It is indeed more awesome that earth is transformed into a heaven, that man is changed by deification, and that those whose lot is slavery get the rights of domination”

Posted on 29 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

What is more awesome: that God gives Himself to earth, or that He places you in Heaven? That He himself enters a union with flesh, or that He causes you to enter into a sharing of the Divinity? That He Himself … Continue reading →

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Waking the Gods: Sorcery, Alchemy, or Gift?

Posted on 27 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“It is a source of constant vexation to me, as I am sure it must be to all of us,” David Bentley Hart whimsically remarks, “that philosophical theology pays such scant attention to root vegetables.”1 I confess that until I … Continue reading →

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Did St Ephrem Teach Universalism?

Posted on 25 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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David Bentley Hart is “Waking the Gods”

Posted on 24 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I am presently reading David Bentley Hart’s You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature. I have skimmed the entire book and have read the first essay, “Waking the Gods,” once, twice, thrice. This is a difficult essay for me (as … Continue reading →

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“The light of Christ is an endless day that knows no night”

Posted on 24 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Christ is Risen! His rising brings life to the dead, forgiveness to sinners, and glory to the Saints. And so David the Prophet summons all creation to join in celebrating the Paschal festival. “Rejoice and be glad,” He cries, “on … Continue reading →

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“Then the King of Glory trampling upon death, seized the prince of hell, deprived him of all his power, and took our earthly father Adam with him to his glory”

Posted on 23 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

AND while Satan and the prince of hell were discoursing thus to each other, on a sudden there was a voice as of thunder and the rushing of winds, saying, Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye … Continue reading →

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“I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope”

Posted on 23 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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