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2025-03-20T02:11:33-05:00

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The Interplay of Kataphatic And Apophatic Theology

Last updated on: March 20, 2025 at 2:11 am By Henry Karlson

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God is both transcendent and immanent, transcending all things and yet found in and able to be experienced through all things: He is outside of all things and within all things; He comprises all things and is comprised by none; He does not change either by increase or decrease, but is invisible, incomprehensible, complete, perfect, and eternal; He does not know anything from elsewhere, but He Himself is sufficient unto Himself to remain what He is.[1] God’s transcendence makes God... Read more

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2025-03-18T02:10:27-05:00

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Why Are Catholic Bishops Like Bishop Barron Silent?

Last updated on: March 18, 2025 at 2:10 am By Henry Karlson

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I am concerned about the relative silence the United States Catholic Bishops concerning all the human rights abuses of the Trump administration. Yes, they might speak, briefly, about protecting migrants, or concerns about the way the defunding of USAID has affected their ability to help those in need, but in general, the way they talk about these issues is far different from the way they have talked (and continue to talk about) culture war issues in the United States. We... Read more

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Politics and Religion

2025-03-17T03:08:40-05:00

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John Wain: A Modern Voice Among The Inklings

Last updated on: March 17, 2025 at 3:08 am By Henry Karlson

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I cannot properly express how influential the Inklings have been on my life. Not only do I enjoy the works they wrote, I have found many of their ideas I have helped shape the way I think and write. One significant notion of theirs that has had a lasting influence on me was the way they saw myth was to be valued, seen not as some sort of falsehood, but rather as a different way for transcendent truths to be... Read more

2025-03-16T02:09:15-05:00

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Testing Our Faith: Actions Reflecting Christ’s Teachings

Last updated on: March 16, 2025 at 2:09 am By Henry Karlson

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Jesus is the good shepherd who is willing to die in order to take care of, protect, and save his flock from harm. Who is his flock? It is not just those who come to him, seeking to be his disciples, though they certainly a part of his flock. Rather, his flock can be said to be everyone, as he calls everyone to follow after him and be received in the kingdom of God. No one is outside of his... Read more

General Christian

2025-03-14T02:08:21-05:00

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The Importance Of Contextual Awareness For Theology

Last updated on: March 14, 2025 at 2:08 am By Henry Karlson

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It is easy for many to believe that all theological engagement, especially systemic theology, when done right, will produce purely objective results. The reality, however, is that this is never true. There is always a subjective element in all theological work. Even the authors of the texts found in Christian Scripture, while inspired, wrote in and through their own subjective voice (which accounts for why many events are described differently by different authors). If this is true for those divinely... Read more

General Christian

2025-03-12T03:38:59-05:00

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Finding The Meaning Of The Season of Lent

Last updated on: March 12, 2025 at 3:38 am By Henry Karlson

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I was raised in an evangelical Christian tradition, one which did recognize the season of Lent. I had heard of it, to be sure, but it was only when I decided to become Catholic did I start taking Lent seriously. And, as I was going to become Byzantine Catholic, I looked into and tried to engage the Byzantine traditions, some of which were quite different from their Western counterparts. Byzantine Catholics start Lent, not on Ash Wednesday, but two days... Read more

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Religious Events

2025-03-11T02:31:56-05:00

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The Body And Gender Equality

Last updated on: March 11, 2025 at 2:31 am By Henry Karlson

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Despite Gnosticism being understood as a heresy which rejects many basic teachings of the Christian faith, many of its dangerous elements have been embraced by Christians throughout the centuries. They never seem to be completely overcome. Someone or another will pick them up and use them in their thought, sometimes doing so in such a way, elements of Gnosticism can even be said to have influenced (and tainted) the development of Christian thought. One such influence can be seen in... Read more

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Women in Religion

2025-03-09T02:14:32-05:00

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Icons And the Unity of Truth, Goodness, And Beauty

Last updated on: March 9, 2025 at 2:14 am By Henry Karlson

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Philosophy traditionally tells us about three great transcendentals, that of the truth, the good, and the beautiful. Each of them are understood as their own distinct category, and yet, they are interdependent with each other, meaning, there is a fundamental unity which connects them together. When you have one of them, you have them all. Each of them can be and should be explored in accordance to its own category of thought, but when this is done, we must not... Read more

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Religious Art

2025-03-07T03:11:27-05:00

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Salvation As A Communal Journey

Last updated on: March 7, 2025 at 3:11 am By Henry Karlson

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As a theologian, Joseph Ratzinger promoted a hopeful eschatological vision. He explained that humanity has a common origin, even as they have a common destiny. Both of them are made by God, who created them to experience or participate in the divine life, and so God calls everyone to salvation: The fact of our being formed in God’s likeness (Gottebenbildlichkeit) contains an eschatological, future aspect. Just as the biological commonness of human life points to the common destiny of death,... Read more

General Christian

2025-03-06T02:37:42-05:00

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Women’s History Month: A Call To Amplify Women’s Voices

Last updated on: March 6, 2025 at 2:37 am By Henry Karlson

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I was raised to treat everyone with respect. All my life, I have tried to do my best to treat everyone as equals. My opinions of people are formed based upon what they do, not their background. That is, I didn’t consider someone’s race or gender when forming the way I perceive them as a person. If I did not know someone, my general default has always been to see them as someone worthy of honor and respect. Of course,... Read more

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