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July 2018

July 22, 2018

Welcome the straying when they turn back; Church Fathers: Day 347

In the time of persecutions, some Christians thought those who abandoned the Church could never...

June 2018

June 03, 2018

Endure temptation—it’s God’s training for you; Church Fathers: Day 304

The devil makes use of temptation—the word means “testing”—to lure us to hell. But God...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

Myriads of myriads; Angels: Day 013

Myriads of myriads The number of angels is simply unimaginable, says the speculative philosopher Dionysius the...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

How the Bible describes angels; Angels: Day 010

How the Bible describes angels Scripture, says Dionysius the Areopagite, uses symbolic imagery (in Ezekiel...

July 30, 2016

Descriptions of angels are figurative; Angels: Day 009

Descriptions of angels are figurative The writer we call Dionysius  the Areopagite, beginning a work...

July 03, 2015

Church Fathers, Day 347: St. Dionysius of Alexandria says welcome the straying when they turn back

Welcome the straying when they turn back In the time of persecutions, some Christians thought...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Church Fathers, Day 304: St. Dionysius of Alexandria says endure temptation—it’s God’s training for you

Endure temptation—it’s God’s training for you The devil makes use of temptation—the word means “testing”—to...

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