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2024-05-14T02:30:53-05:00

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Evil Must Not Be Essentialized

Last updated on: May 14, 2024 at 2:30 am By Henry Karlson

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Everything God created, God created good. Existence, being created by God, therefore is good, which is why anyone who partakes of existence also has its good in them. This is one of many reasons why nothing is absolutely evil. Thus, St. Leo the Great preached: Certainly there is no evil substance, nor is there any nature evil in itself. For the good Creator made all things good, and the Creator of all things is one, “who made the heavens and... Read more

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2024-05-12T02:30:59-05:00

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Engaging Conciliar Dogmas: Nicea And The Homoousios

Last updated on: May 12, 2024 at 2:30 am By Henry Karlson

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While we now take the Nicene Creed, and the other decrees of the Nicene Council, for granted, the council did not possess universal acceptance in its immediate aftermath. It took time before it became accepted and treated as it is treated today, representing the general norm of the Christian faith. Nicea was called by St. Constantine, but he did so through his representative with the Christians, St. Ossius of Cordova. Before the council, Constantine had sent Ossius to Alexandria to... Read more

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2024-05-09T02:38:11-05:00

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The Eschatological Revelation Of The Ascension

Last updated on: May 9, 2024 at 2:38 am By Henry Karlson

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Christ, in himself, gives us God’s ultimate self- revelation; in and through him, in and through his life, we are pointed to the transcendent divine reality in which not creation not only came to be, but in which it continues to exist. This means, even though there are accidental aspects to them, his actions in history brings with them the transcendent eschaton, for the incarnation has made the eschaton immanent, and through that immanentization, capable of being revealed in it.... Read more

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2024-05-08T03:15:23-05:00

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The Eucharistic Congress, A New Pentecost?

Last updated on: May 8, 2024 at 3:15 am By Henry Karlson

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We cannot control the Holy Spirit. “The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit” (Jn. 3:8 RSV). This is why we must be careful when promoting various spiritual techniques, making sure people realize that they are not ways to manipulate and control the Holy Spirit. When engaged properly, they leave us... Read more

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2024-05-07T02:33:47-05:00

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Christ’s Presence

Last updated on: May 7, 2024 at 2:33 am By Henry Karlson

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Christ’s physical or corporeal presence is the presence which he had when he lived among us in the world, that is, the presence he had with us before his ascension. He had a physical body which people could see and touch, that is, one which was not hidden from them. The sacramental presence is the presence of Jesus in the eucharist. It is the presence of his which lies hidden from the senses. It does not come to us in... Read more

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2024-05-05T01:48:39-05:00

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Healing Our Spiritual Blindness

Last updated on: May 5, 2024 at 1:48 am By Henry Karlson

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When Jesus met with and healed a man who was blind since birth, Jesus revealed that the man was not blind from something he did, nor from something which his parents did, meaning, he was not being punished for the wrong someone had done: As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that... Read more

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Sunday Of The Man Born Blind

2024-05-03T02:45:33-05:00

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Eschatology, Eucharist And Institution

Last updated on: May 3, 2024 at 2:45 am By Henry Karlson

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While the church of Christ exists in history as an institution, we must make it clear that the institution is not in itself the that church. Rather, the church of Christ subsists in the institution; the two are intimately connected, which is why, through participation with the institution, we are able to participate in in and find ourselves within the church of Chris. Nonetheless, it is possible for someone to be within the church of Christ without being a part... Read more

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2024-05-01T02:35:26-05:00

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High-Profile Converts Should Be Treated Like All Converts

Last updated on: May 1, 2024 at 2:35 am By Henry Karlson

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The Christian faith is a missionary faith; Christians are expected to be ambassadors of Christ, sharing the good news and love of God with everyone. To do this right requires a delicate balance. Christians should hope others will come to know and experience God’s love for themselves, that is, to believe and find their life transformed by the grace and God. But they must also make sure they do not engage others merely out of the basis to convert them... Read more

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2024-09-19T06:35:22-05:00

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Many Ways To Worship God

Last updated on: September 19, 2024 at 6:35 am By Henry Karlson

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Tolkien mentioned that those who believe in a personal God find themselves drawn to God with a desire to honor and worship their Creator above the way they honor anyone and anything else: Those who believe in a personal God, Creator, do not think the Universe is in itself worshipful, though devoted study of it may be one of the ways of honouring Him. And while as living creatures we are (in part) within it and part of it, our... Read more

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2024-04-28T02:34:41-05:00

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Everyone Is Called To Christ’s Spiritual Well

Last updated on: April 28, 2024 at 2:34 am By Henry Karlson

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In light of the resurrection, the Byzantine tradition reminds us of Christ’s universal charity. It does this by showing when he went beyond social boundaries of this time and lifted up those society denigrated. This is one of the reasons why Christ’s meeting with the Samaritan woman, St. Photina, is given to us at this point in the yearly cycle (the Fifth Sunday of Pascha): There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me... Read more

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