The Desire for Well-Being

I have been having a friendly discussion (not a debate, thank God) on whether or not the Orthodox teaching on theosis is just another way of talking about the Roman Catholic dogma of purgatory. It is sometimes attributed to “Byzantine”/Eastern Rite Catholics that differences on these things are a question of semantics. Nothing could be [...]

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The Christian Catacombs of Rome

Nice site over all. This page–The Christian Catacombs of Rome–deals with the liturgy and theology of the catacombs.

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Psalm 3 and the Passions

In light of my previous post, I thought I would also offer Psalm 3. Although I should point out that, so far as I know, I am only highlighting an individual application, still, I thought I would offer that over the years, as I have prayed this during morning prayers, it has seemed imminently applicable [...]

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St. John Cassian: On Battling the Passions

[This citation is from my other blog, which I thought those who only visit this site would enjoy with me.] And of these passions as the occasions are recognized by everybody as soon as they are laid open by the teaching of the elders, so before they are revealed, although we are all overcome by [...]

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Grace and Works

I have remarked before how Orthodoxy is, to my mind, the most demanding of Christian groups, and yet it is, at the same time, the one that speaks the most of God’s mercy, love and grace. It is the Church that at once requires all those praying its Divine Liturgy to refer to oneself as [...]

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Soteriology Diablog between Various Interblogolocutors

The list has been updated: 13 January 07 at 13:10 CST. And the date/time stamp has been changed to move it up the main page. Update: Kevin has responded to my previous post. See the last link in the list below (by clicking on “Continue reading ‘Soteriology Diablog between Various Interblogolocutors’”). Note: I am still [...]

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Vacuous Notes

Kevin’s reply to my third soteriological sidebar has a single point: he wants to assert that the debate on the generation of the Son cannot but be a debate within the very strict parameters of God’s nature and will. My argument has been that the generation of the Son, while inescapably involving nature and will, [...]

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An Online Book on Theosis

Theosis, by Archimandrite George Capsanis.

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On the Salvation of Infants and Children

The question about the baptism of infants and very young children is usually complicated by the set of presuppositions that various parties bring to the matter. Those who reject the practice of infant baptism usually do so on the basis that there is no specific command or otherwise explicit teaching in the New Testament to [...]

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What Christ Accomplished on the Cross

This article by Hieromonk Damascene, Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim’s biographer, is an excellent read: What Christ Accomplished on the Cross [H/T Fr. Joseph's comment.]

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