-
Twitter Tweets
My TweetsFollow on Facebook
Recent Comments
Grant on “A person may say he hop… Danielle on Abba Joseph and the Demon Basem on Abba Joseph and the Demon Fr Aidan Kimel on Abba Joseph and the Demon Grant on “In the end, even when w… Logan Polk on Abba Joseph and the Demon JGC on Abba Joseph and the Demon Logan Polk on Abba Joseph and the Demon Tita Deacon on Abba Joseph and the Demon mary on Abba Joseph and the Demon -
Recent Posts
- “A person may say he hopes for the salvation of all, but if he does, when he does, he cannot also be holding to the certain damnation of some”
- “Christ therefore came into the world to look for it, and he found it in the Virgin’s womb”
- Abba Joseph and the Demon
- “In the end, even when we reject the good, we always do so out of a longing for the Good”
- “But I cannot imagine how even God could produce a situation in which I could say ‘I now see that even Belsen doesn’t really matter'”
Categories
- Alexander Earl
- Apostle Paul
- Aquinas
- Athanasius
- Basil of Caesarea
- Bible
- Book Reviews
- Brian Moore
- Byzantine theology
- Citations
- Cyril of Alexandria
- David B. Hart
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- Dumitru Staniloae
- Eschatology
- Fiction & Poetry
- Grace, Justification & Theosis
- Gregory Nazianzen
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Herbert McCabe & Friends
- Holy Trinity
- Hugh McCann
- Humor
- Inklings & Company
- Interesting Theologians
- Irenaeus
- Isaac the Syrian
- Islam
- Julian of Norwich
- Justification & Theosis
- Lamentation
- Nicholas Wolfterstorff
- Paul Griffiths
- Philosophical Theology
- Preaching
- Robert Fortuin
- Robert Jenson
- Sacraments
- Sergius Bulgakov
- Sermons & Liturgy
- Spirituality
- T. F. Torrance
- T. S. Eliot
- Theology
- Theotokos
- Uncategorized
- Vincent of Lérins
- Zizioulas & Yannaras
Archives
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
Tag Archives: incarnation
Against Asymmetrical Christology: A Critical Review of Rowan Williams’s ‘Christ the Heart of Creation’
by Jordan Daniel Wood, Ph.D. I When I first met him, he had just given a talk on St. Teresa of Avila, I think. I waver because I had brought along my 18-month old daughter and, well, she wasn’t as … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Theology
Tagged Chalcedon, Chalcedonian definition, Christology, God, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Rowan Williams, two natures
34 Comments
Thinking Trinity: No God Behind the Back of Jesus
What if the Nicene assertion of Christ’s Jesus’ consubstantial unity with the Father is not true? In the previous article I focused on the story of the paralytic and Christ’s word of forgiveness and argued that if Christ is not … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Trinity, T. F. Torrance
Tagged George Dragas, Holy Trinity, homoousios, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Thomas Torrance
10 Comments
Thinking Trinity: The Secret of the Homoousion
We believe in one God the Father all powerful, maker of all things both seen and unseen. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten begotten from the Father, that is from the substance of the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Trinity, T. F. Torrance
Tagged God, Holy Trinity, homoousios, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Nicaea, Nicene Creed, Thomas Torrance
8 Comments
The Vulnerability and Invulnerability of the Natal Flesh of God
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. John 1:14 To fully understand human corporeality, we … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Griffiths
Tagged fallen human nature, flesh, incarnation, Jesus Christ, kenosis, Paul Griffiths, the Fall, unfallen human nature
14 Comments
This Jesus is the Eternal Word of God
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This one was in the beginning with God (Jn 1:1-2) John 1:1-2 was one of St Basil of Caesarea’s favorite texts, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Basil of Caesarea
Tagged Basil of Caesarea, divine Son, eternal Word, God, hypostatic union, incarnation, Logos
16 Comments
When Did Jesus Decide to Die?
“For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it … Continue reading
The Gethsemene God
In A.D. 451 the Council of Chalcedon solemnly defined the doctrine of the Incarnation: So, following the saintly fathers, we all with one voice teach the confession of one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: the same perfect … Continue reading
