Tag Archives: Easter

The Hermeneutics of Perdition: When Hell Trumps Gospel

Posted on 29 November 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In his article “Christian Universalism: Will Everyone Finally Be Saved?” Fr Lawrence Farley invites us to examine Scripture closely, in the confidence that if we do so, we will see that the hope of final reconciliation is false—so perspicuous is … Continue reading →

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The Path Upward: Liturgy, Universalism, and George Seferis

Posted on 25 August 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Christopher Howell Burning burning burning burning O Lord Thou pluckest me out O Lord Thou pluckest burning ~ T.S. Eliot ~ “When you asked me about hell the other day,” wrote Philip Sherrard in a 1966 letter to the … Continue reading →

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Fr John Behr on Pascha and St Melito of Sardis

Posted on 18 April 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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“Do not touch me!”: The Haptic Enigma of Christ’s Resurrected Flesh

Posted on 22 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Between the death of the Lord’s natal flesh and the inauguration of his ascended flesh, there is the enigmatic time of resurrected flesh. In the mode of historical corporeality, Jesus was haptically available to family, friends, enemies, and strangers. They … Continue reading →

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Resurrection Prolegomena

Posted on 30 April 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We are in the midst of Paschaltide; and our thoughts are focused on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and its implications for the Church, the cosmos, and our personal lives. Last week I summarized the reflections of the fine British … Continue reading →

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How “physical” is the risen body of Jesus?

Posted on 24 April 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In his account of the first resurrection appearance to the disciples in Jerusalem, St Luke reports: “But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit” (24:37). Jesus calms their fears by showing them his hands and … Continue reading →

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Paschal Mystery: The Victory of the Cross and the Hiddenness of Easter

Posted on 22 April 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We need to be careful, Herbert McCabe warns, not to think of Easter as annulling the cross, as if all is now bliss because “the deus ex machina has given us a happy ending after all” (God, Christ and Us, p. … Continue reading →

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Victory Over Death and the Acquisition of a Resurrection Hypostasis

Posted on 19 April 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Christ Jesus is the savior of the world because in his divine person (hypostasis) he has united created nature and taken it through the crucible of death into a glorified eternal existence. Met John Zizioulas elaborates: This victory is achieved … Continue reading →

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