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Tag Archives: Theotokos
The Immaculate and Predestined Mother of God
“Most holy, most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary.” Panagia, Achrantos, Theotokos, Aeiparthenos—the titles abound, not only in the private prayers of Eastern Orthodox Christians but in the public liturgies and offices. A prayer … Continue reading
Posted in Theotokos
Tagged Eastern Orthodoxy, immaculate conception, John of Damascus, Mariology, sinlessness, Theotokos, Virgin Mary, Vladimir Lossky
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St Mark Eugenicus and the Immaculate Burning Bush
We jump from St Gregory the Theologian in the 4th century to two Byzantine theologians in the 15th century—Joseph Bryennius, a vigorous supporter of hesychastic theology, and St Mark Eugenicus, the resolute voice of Orthodoxy at the Council of Florence. … Continue reading
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Tagged burning bush, divine energies, immaculate conception, Mark of Ephesus, Moses, palamite distinction, prepurification, Theotokos, Virgin Mary
Mary Prokathartheisa: A Patristic Antecedent to the Immaculate Conception
In his monograph Immaculate Conception, Fr Christiaan Kappes advances a controversial thesis: invoking prokathartheisa (prepurified) as a title for the Theotokos, “the Greek Fathers—in the line of the Nazianzen until the introduction of Byzantine Thomism in the 14th century—never vacillated … Continue reading
St John the Wonderworker and the Heresy of the Immaculate Conception
The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, solemnly defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854, is regularly cited by Orthodox theologians and apologists as an insuperable barrier to the reunion of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. According to St John of … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Orthodoxy, immaculate conception, Theotokos, Virgin Mary
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Panagia: The Immaculate and Predestined Mother of God
“Most holy, most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary.” Panagia, Achrantos, Theotokos, Aeiparthenos—the titles abound, not only in the private prayers of Eastern Orthodox Christians but in the public liturgies and offices. A prayer … Continue reading
Posted in Theotokos
Tagged immaculate conception, Panagia, Theotokos, Virgin Mary, Vladimir Lossky
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St Mark Eugenicus and the Immaculate Burning Bush
We jump from St Gregory the Theologian in the 4th century to two Byzantine theologians in the 15th century—Joseph Bryennius, a vigorous supporter of hesychastic theology, and St Mark Eugenicus, the resolute voice of Orthodoxy at the Council of Florence. … Continue reading
Mary Prokathartheisa and the Immaculate Conception
In his monograph The Immaculate Conception, Fr Christiaan Kappes advances the following thesis: “The Greek Fathers—in the line of the Nazianzen until the introduction of Byzantine Thomism in the 14th century—never vacillated about the all-immaculate status of the Blessed Virgin … Continue reading
