Tag Archives: Holy Spirit

Becoming a New Creation with the Apostle Paul

Posted on 29 October 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Shortly after I graduated from seminary, I “tried on,” if you will, the penal substitutionary view of atonement as articulated in the writings of J. I. Packer. Some of you may have read his classic book Knowing God. I read … Continue reading →

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Ezekelian Pentecost and Hearts of Flesh

Posted on 7 July 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Ezekiel 11:14-21 Finally, after eleven chapters of prophetic judgment and doom, the LORD speaks a word of hope: And the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, your fellow exiles, the whole … Continue reading →

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St Basil of Caesarea, Pneumatomachoi, and the Divinity of the Holy Spirit

Posted on 6 June 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“I neither chose to name the Holy Spirit God nor dare to call him a creature,” declared Eustathius of Sebaste in response to the Neo-Arian denial of the divinity of the Holy Spirit. At first glance, Eustathius’s ambivalence seems reasonable. … Continue reading →

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Parousia as Fulfillment of Pentecost

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Just as we may speak of the eternal Son emptying himself of his glory in the Incarnation, hiding himself, as it were, in the flesh of the man Jesus, so we may speak of an analogous movement of the Holy … Continue reading →

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Transcending Moralism and the Freedom of the Spirit

Posted on 22 December 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

This has been an interesting past couple of days.  My post “Grace, Moralism and Unmoral Christianity” generated more “views” than any of my postings for the past few months, no doubt due in large measure to Fr Stephen Freeman’s recommendation … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: Antiquity and the Determination of Dogma

Posted on 21 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How does the Church Catholic properly distinguish between orthodox doctrine and heretical teaching?  The question will always be with the Church, for she has been charged by her Lord to guard the deposit of divine revelation and to tradition it … Continue reading →

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Sergius Bulgakov: The Parousia of the Holy Spirit

Posted on 8 July 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Just as we may speak of the eternal Son emptying himself of his glory in the Incarnation, hiding himself, as it were, in the flesh of the man Jesus of Nazareth, so we also may speak of an analogous movement … Continue reading →

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Sergius Bulgakov: The Parousia of the Son

Posted on 6 July 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The return of Christ in glory inaugurates the apocalyptic transfiguration of the universe. This “return” does not imply that our Lord ceased to be present to the world after his exaltation. “I am with you always,” Jesus promised his disciples, … Continue reading →

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