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St Isaac the Syrian and Apokatastasis
On 27 November 2014 I gave a talk titled “St Isaac the Syrian, Apokatastasis, and the Renewal of Orthodox Preaching” at the first Theotokos Institute Conference in Cardiff, Wales. An expanded, footnoted version of the talk will be published in … Continue reading
The Scandalous Injustice of Grace
In 2008 “60 Minutes” interviewed the Boston button man John Martorano. The interview is unsettling. In a quiet, detached, matter-of-fact tone, Martorano describes the twenty confessed murders he committed during his years as an enforcer for the Winter Hill Gang. … Continue reading
Will the “Real” St Isaac of Nineveh Please Stand Up
by Eric Jobe, Ph.D. In a series of seven posts on his blog Mystagogy, John Sanidopoulos has published an essay by the Protopresbyter John Photopoulos regarding some of the more controversial theology found in the so-called Second Part of the … Continue reading
Sebastian Brock on St Isaac the Syrian and his Understanding of Universal Salvation
I wish to thank the internationally respected scholar of Syrian Christianity, Dr Sebastian Brock, for giving me permission to share with the readers of Eclectic Orthodoxy this previously unpublished lecture on the eschatology of St Isaac the Syrian. Enjoy! If … Continue reading
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Tagged Isaac of Nineveh, Isaac the Syrian, Sebastian Brock, universal salvation
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St Isaac the Syrian: Hell and the Scourge of Divine Love
God has created humanity for eternal communion with himself. By love he has created us for love to share in the eternal Paradise of love. Hear the words of St Isaac of Nineveh: Paradise is the love of God, wherein … Continue reading
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Tagged divine mercy, Eastern Orthodoxy, hell, Isaac of Nineveh, punishment, universalism
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