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February 2018

February 26, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Two. Part Two

But, if the Divine initiations are above such, what would any one say respecting those...

January 2018

January 11, 2018

Plurality In Catholic Thought Allows For Radical Changes In Theological Understanding

Catholicism, despite its dogmas, allows for a great variety of theological opinions. This is important...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

Weaponized Orthodoxy Is Far From The Truth

Sophism and rigid fundamentalism represent two extremes in regards in truth and goodness, and following...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

Dionysius and the Transcendent Truth of God

This is fundamental to all proper theology: God remains the unknown God who reveals himself...

September 2017

September 25, 2017

Reflecting Upon The Seamless Garment

Just as truth does not contradict truth, and yet, truth separated and elevated in its...

September 06, 2017

Atheists Can Help Theists Refine Their Understanding Of God

When we were growing up, our parents often told us all kinds of stories about...

September 04, 2017

Truth Transcends Expression Of The Truth: On The Silence Converts Should Have Before Teaching The Faith

It was a standing rule of an earlier age: those who converted to the Christian...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

The One And Us

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD“ (Deut. 6:4 RSV). Despite some...

April 2017

April 04, 2017

Conceive Within The Truth Beyond Comprehension

We lean way too much on our own understanding, and take it for granted that...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

Open Up And Receive The Truth Which You Cannot Grasp

The absolute truth will never be what we think it is. Whatever we come to...

October 2016

October 14, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Reflections on Religion

Ancient Christians will tell us, however wrong and faulty their faiths might have been, pagans...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Engaging The Atheist Delusion

It can be said that many contemporary forms of atheism, with their constant desire to...

September 26, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something True

One of the reasons many of us turn to the Ante-Nicene Fathers is that we...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

I Do Not Know

One day some old men came to see Abba Anthony. In the midst of them...

August 01, 2016

By Death He Conquered Death, And To Those In The Graves Of Ignorance He Granted Life

There are many ways theologians and commentators have understood the fall of humanity expressed in...

July 2016

July 04, 2016

God the Word Became Man, And Remains So in Eternity

In the incarnation, the Word of God, the Logos, truly became man. The same person...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Nothing is Proven When Occam’s Razor Cuts Up the World

You’re wrong – because Occam’s Razor says you are wrong! Non sunt multiplicanda entia sine...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Deception Pits Truth Against The Truth, Goodness Against The Good

Nothing guides us into error more readily than some partial truth taken out of the...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Grow in Truth

When we grow up, the ways in which we interact with the world change. The...

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