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Ainulindalë: Angels, Demiurges, and the Making of Arda

Posted on 26 February 2018 by

Then Ilúvatar spoke, and he said: ‘Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor; but that he may know, and all the Ainur, that I am Ilúvatar, those things that ye have sung, I will show them forth, … Continue reading →

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Ainulindalë: The God Who is Music and Beauty

Posted on 12 February 2018 by

There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. And he spoke … Continue reading →

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Ainulindalë: The Creation of the Angels

Posted on 8 February 2018 by

Eru engë, i estaina ná Ilúvatar Ardassë; ar ónes minyavë Ainur, i ner i híni sanweryo, ar nentë ósë nó ilúvë ontaina né. There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy … Continue reading →

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White Walkers, Toll-Houses, and the Hermeneutic of Pascha

Posted on 14 June 2017 by

When I first heard about the aerial toll-houses, I dismissed them as the stuff of folklore, tales told by Old Nan to children when the winter days are short and the nights are long and cold. As terrifying as the … Continue reading →

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C. S. Lewis and the Fall: Must Death Always be Evil?

Posted on 25 April 2017 by

“For God is life, and the privation of life is death,” writes St Basil the Great. “Therefore Adam prepared death for himself through his withdrawal from God, in accord with what is written, ‘Behold, those who remove themselves from you … Continue reading →

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U-turns and Transcendentals

Posted on 2 March 2017 by

by Pastor Tom Belt I’m delighted to be back at Eclectic Orthodoxy – my home away from home. I’m always informed and challenged by the content and the company here. It’s like pulling a chair up to a warm hearth … Continue reading →

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Larry Hurtado and the gods

Posted on 22 January 2014 by

I do not understand what Larry Hurtado, summarizing a forthcoming scholarly article, means when he writes of the 2nd Temple period: I engage the terminological issue of whether and/or how “monotheism” can be a suitable term for ancient Jewish religious … Continue reading →

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