Tag Archives: Theotokos

The Immaculate and Predestined Mother of God

Posted on 8 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“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 →

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St Mark Eugenicus and the Immaculate Burning Bush

Posted on 6 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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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Mary Prokathartheisa: A Patristic Antecedent to the Immaculate Conception

Posted on 4 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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St John the Wonderworker and the Heresy of the Immaculate Conception

Posted on 3 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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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Panagia: The Immaculate and Predestined Mother of God

Posted on 25 November 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“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 →

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St Mark Eugenicus and the Immaculate Burning Bush

Posted on 18 November 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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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Mary Prokathartheisa and the Immaculate Conception

Posted on 14 November 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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The Parousia of the Most Holy Theotokos

Posted on 27 July 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The Lord comes in glory with all the holy angels and with the saints, with all that is holy on earth and heaven. But where is She,” asks Sergius Bulgakov, “the Most Pure and Most Beloved One, raised into heaven … Continue reading →

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