The Journey to Antioch (Part XII)

[Note: In preparation for continuing the series, I am reposting the "final" (and very slightly revised) entry to the series of posts I'd completed in March 2004 about our journey to Antioch (as part of my Pilgrim Essays). The previous version of this series of posts--up to this entry--is available in a single html [...]

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The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

I had two extremely moving experiences in worship today, one in conjunction with Fr Pat’s sermon, and the other in conjunction with the fact that we stood at the front of the nave this morning.
First, Father Pat was emphasizing (per the Gospel this morning) the touch of God. Through the Incarnation and through the [...]

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Lessons from Limbo

Earlier this year, Fr. John Breck took on the news of the Roman Catholic change on the doctrine of limbo, and drew up some Lessons from Limbo.
He first sets up the difference between the Roman Catholic teaching on limbo and the Orthodox understanding of the state of unbaptized infants.
If the logic is defective, it is [...]

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Lives of the Saints

Two excellent resources for following the daily feasts of our fathers and mothers in the faith:
Prolog of Ohrid
OCA Lives of the Saints

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Back & Forth to the Future

Robbert Webber & Co. have issued a A Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future. This hasn’t escaped the notice of some of the writers at Touchstone Magazine, who have issued a critical response: Back & Forth to the Future
My two favorite excerpts. First by Wilfred McClay:
Well, in the first place, there is [...]

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The Silence of My “Orthodoxy”

I have, for some time, been a vocal proponent of Orthodoxy here on this blog. Some of it was precipitated by my own working out intellectually of some of the aspects of the ancient Faith that I just had no experience or exposure to: the Father as arche of the Trinity; theosis; new forms [...]

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Another Answer to Blessed Seraphim’s Intercessions on My Behalf

As I noted in the previous post, a year ago, I asked Blessed Seraphim to pray for me that I would gain a correct understanding of the questions I had about the Jesus Prayer, and a correct practice. The answers to his intercessions for me continue.

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The Intercessions of Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim on My Behalf Regarding the Jesus Prayer

About a year ago, I was reading the Light and Life Publishing book, by Anthony Coniaris, Confronting and Controlling Your Thoughts According to the Fathers of the Philokalia. I posted a few times citing portions of the book and reflecting on my struggle to practice such oneness of mind and to practice the Jesus [...]

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And After I Post This, I’ll Pray the “Our Father” and Go Beat My Wife and Daughters

I’ve been home sick all weekend. And crap like the following just makes me crankier.
The Church of England continues to make itself a laughingtock:
MISGUIDED and distorted versions of Christian belief have contributed to domestic abuse in Britain, says the Church of England. And the Church itself has not done enough to protect victims.
The report, [...]

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The Identity of the New Testament Text

From The Identity of the New Testament Text — Wilbur N. Pickering [h/t Fr John]
There are over 5,000 extant (known) Greek manuscripts (hereafter MSS, or MS when singular) of the New Testament. They range in size from a scrap with parts of two verses to complete New Testaments. They range in date from the second [...]

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