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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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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.

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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NETS: Electronic Edition, files available in .pdf. [H/T: ricoblog]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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Try your hand at open-source translating: Eusebius, Chronicle

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Some good stuff: patristic readings in the public domain via Maria Lectrix

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