In a previous post, I cited some ancient Christian teaching regarding the mind and the spiritual battle waged in the arena of thoughts. I want to return to the topic again, this time with some personal reflections. The past three months in particular have been a rather specific engagement with the notion of spiritual warfare [...]
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Noetic Battles Revisited
Posted in Church Fathers, Jesus Prayer, Patristics Sources, Prayer, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Sunday, 2 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dr David Bradshaw’s Home Page
Posted in Church Fathers, Classics, Ecclesiology, Orthodox Links, Orthodoxy, Patristics Sources, Philosophy, Prayer, Scriptures and Patristics, Theology, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please visit Dr. David Bradshaw’s homepage which contain some extremely intelligent and useful essays (particular a couple of papers on the term energeia, or, in English, “energies”). You will not be disappointed.
Noetic Battles
Posted in Church Fathers, Jesus Prayer, Patristics Sources, Prayer, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Friday, 11 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few days before my birthday in 2005, I purchased and received Anthony M. Coniaris, Confronting and Controlling Thoughts According to the Fathers of the Philokalia (Minneapolis: Light and Life Publishing 2004). It was a providential purchase. For this is a matter about which I am much concerned presently. I may offer some thoughts on [...]
Is An Ecumenical Council Authoritative Enough? (More on Eastern and Western Papal Claims)
Posted in Church Fathers, Orthodoxy, Patristics Sources on Monday, 9 July 2007 |
Well, Cathedra Unitatis, to give him credit, did take notice of the post put up by Perry taking a cite from the 5th Ecumenical Council. The discussion there is well underway now, with about 45 responses at the time of this post. Relative to papal claims, why is this important? In summary, because it establishes, [...]
Complete NETS Edition of LXX Available Online
Posted in Patristics Sources, Scripture on Monday, 2 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
NETS: Electronic Edition, files available in .pdf. [H/T: ricoblog]
Audio of His Grace, Bishop Kallistos on the Jesus Prayer and of Patristic Scholar, Fr Andrew on St Maximos the Confessor
Posted in Church Fathers, Orthodoxy, Patristics Sources on Monday, 2 July 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dan Greeson, who wrote me an email awhile back and to whom I have rudely never made reply, has posted a couple of audio lectures on his blog, The Way of a Pilgrim (which I have added to my Orthodox blogs blogroll down the right side of the page). There is some audio of Bishop [...]
Church Fathers in Greek Online
Posted in Church Fathers, Orthodoxy, Patristics Sources on Saturday, 23 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At the aforementioned Ellopos.net site is another page devoted to writings, in Greek, of certain Fathers of the Church. Represented are: St. Symeon the New Theologian, St. Gregory the Theologian, St. Macarius the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Maximos the Confessor, St. Basil, St. Athanasius, the Desert Fathers, St. Dionysius the Areopagite and Origen.
Chrysostom: “Behold, Thou Eatest Him!”
Posted in Orthodoxy, Patristics Sources, The Mysteries on Monday, 11 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From Fr John’s blog, Chrysostom: “Behold, Thou Eatest Him!”: Since the Word saith: This is my Body: let us be persuaded of the truth of his words; and let us believe, and look upon him with the eyes of our understanding. For Christ hath not given us a reality cognizable by the senses, but rather tokens [...]
Eusebius, Chronicle
Posted in Church Fathers, Classics, Patristics Sources on Friday, 8 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Try your hand at open-source translating: Eusebius, Chronicle
Maria Lectrix Podcast
Posted in Church Fathers, Patristics Sources on Wednesday, 6 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some good stuff: patristic readings in the public domain via Maria Lectrix

