Tag Archives: Tradition

Tradition and Apocalypse: David Bentley Hart and Orthodoxy 2.0

Posted on 6 April 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by John Stamps If David Bentley Hart (DBH) didn’t exist, it’d be necessary to invent him. He provokes me to rethink basic concepts unlike any other writer that I know. I don’t always agree with him, but I always relish … Continue reading →

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Hula Hoops, Fads, and the Consensus Patrum

Posted on 3 November 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Who remembers the hula hoop? Released in 1958 by Wham-O, it swept the country. I was six years old and I had to have one, just like all the other kids in my neighborhood. And not just little kids. Even … Continue reading →

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The Deep Patristic Roots of Hart’s Universalism: A Response to Fr Lawrence Farley

Posted on 2 February 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Mark Chenoweth Many of the critics of David Bentley Hart’s presentation of universalism in his That All Shall Be Saved argue that he doesn’t give nearly enough weight to church tradition. I agree. However, these critics, the latest one … Continue reading →

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When Does Mere Christianity Become Less than Mere?

Posted on 17 March 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Last month Roger Olson posted an article on his blog arguing for greater modesty in theology: “Theology and Speculation.” He followed this up with a piece on divine timelessness as an example of unwarranted speculation. Theologians typically engage in a … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: The Consentient Council of the Doctors of the Church

Posted on 31 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

When one is involved in a knock-down, drag-out doctrinal debate, a dogmatic definition is awfully handy to have at hand. It always puts one’s opponent on the defensive. Occasionally it even wins the argument. But what if the Church has … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins and John Henry Newman—and the Immaculate Conception too!

Posted on 26 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Doctrine develops—that much is patent. All one needs to do is to read a volume or two of Jaroslav Pelikan’s The Christian Tradition to resolve any doubts. The only question is whether a given development faithfully expresses, elucidates, and unfolds … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: Guard the Deposit of Faith!

Posted on 19 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge” (1 Tim 6:20 [Vulgate]). St Vincent of Lérins invokes this verse several times in his Commonitorium. … Continue reading →

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Trinity, Eucharist, Tradition and the Challenge of Sola Scriptura

Posted on 12 November 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In his article “The Evolution of My Views on the Trinity,” philosopher Dale Tuggy briefly describes how the writings of the 18th century philosopher Samuel Clarke impelled him to re-read the New Testament with the aim of learning whether the … Continue reading →

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