Category Archives: Robert Farrar Capon

Gospel, Grace, and Hopeful Universalism

Posted on 5 December 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Society of the Holy Trinity Retreat: Talk #1 4 December 2023 Introduction It is a great joy to be with you for this gathering. I have a deep fondness for the Lutheran tradition, as it was one of your great … Continue reading →

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Robert Farrar Capon on Ephesians 1

Posted on 30 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

All right, Ephesians 1. Okay, skip to verse 3. “Blessed be God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in the Messiah.” “Χριστοῦ,” “Christ,” is a difficult, … Continue reading →

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The Father Who Lost Two Sons

Posted on 26 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert Farrar Capon This is about what’s normally called The Parable of the Prodigal Son. That’s only one of the two sons in the parable, the younger boy. The older boy is the one—the other son—who is lost. And … Continue reading →

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The End of the Journey

Posted on 15 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert Farrer Capon The rest of our journey, once we have passed through that door in the bottom of the world, is predictably unpredictable. The Miller’s Third Son following the cocked hat in the gloom has no idea where … Continue reading →

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The Nightmare at the Bottom of the World

Posted on 12 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert Farrar Capon Onward and downward—into the divine complicity in the nightmare at the bottom of the world. We had a brush with it right at the beginning of the book: the fact that there is no possibility, in … Continue reading →

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Wooing Creation into Being

Posted on 11 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert Farrar Capon Most analogies to the creative act of God are unfortunate. Our heads are filled with pictures of responsible little watchmakers and painstakingly careful craftsmen whose products, once brought into being, no longer have any connection with … Continue reading →

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God is neither Clockmaker nor Micromanager

Posted on 9 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert Farrar Capon Take stock of what we have come up with so far: Evil is assignable to freedom; freedom has to be blamed on God. Now if we are facing facts, that means that God has dangerously odd … Continue reading →

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The Inescapable Problem of Evil

Posted on 5 August 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert Farrar Capon Let me tell you why God made the world. One afternoon, before anything was made, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost sat around in the unity of their Godhead discussing one … Continue reading →

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