Tag Archives: Holy Scripture

Reading the Scriptures with the Risen Christ

Posted on 15 November 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How was it that the disciples came to know Jesus as Lord, Son of God, incarnate Word? They did not acquire this knowledge by merely accompanying him on his travels around Galilee—the gospels make this point clearly enough. Nor did they … Continue reading →

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Reading our way out of the Trinity

Posted on 23 January 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Over the past several years, I have watched on social media evangelicals and Protestants vigorously contest the doctrine of the Trinity. Is it supported by the plain reading of Holy Scripture? Is it truly biblical? Analytic philosopher Dale Tuggy has … Continue reading →

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Reading the Bible Properly: John Behr, Stanley Hauerwas, and the Historical-Critical Method

Posted on 29 March 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How was it that the disciples came to know Jesus as Lord and Son of God? They did not acquire this knowledge by merely accompanying him on his travels around Galilee—the gospels make this point clearly enough. Nor did they come … Continue reading →

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Dogma and Doctrine in the Orthodox Church

Posted on 15 February 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

(This article has been substantially revised, expanded, and republished under the title “Orthodoxy, Dogma, and the Neuralgic Question of Doctrinal Development.”) The debate on apokatastasis inevitably raises the question: Has the Orthodox Church definitively, infallibly, irreversibly excluded the universalist hope? … Continue reading →

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St Cyril of Alexandria: Holy Scripture and the Grammar of the Son

Posted on 10 December 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I recently finished reading On the Unity of Christ by St Cyril of Alexandria. Somewhat surprisingly, I found it slow-going—not because of its philosophical difficulty but rather its exegetical density. Cyril is a biblical theologian, and he would counter the … Continue reading →

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Can the Church Survive the Historical-Critical Method?

Posted on 26 November 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The problem posed by the historical-critical method might be posed as the difference between what the text meant and what it means. Once this dichotomy is sharply posed, we find ourselves in a crisis of authority. How does Scripture exercise … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: Guard the Deposit of Faith!

Posted on 19 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge” (1 Tim 6:20 [Vulgate]). St Vincent of Lérins invokes this verse several times in his Commonitorium. … Continue reading →

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Can we read our way into the Trinity?

Posted on 9 June 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

For the past six months or so I’ve been following with great interest Ben Nasmith’s ruminations on the Holy Trinity over at his blog “Cognitive Resonance.” Ben is trying to figure if the trinitarian doctrine is both biblical and philosophically … Continue reading →

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