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2022-08-16T15:00:16-05:00

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Bishops, Nicea And The Proper Use Of Authority

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 3:00 pm By Henry Karlson

Paul spoke to the elders of Ephesus, explaining to them that their authority in the church should be exercised for the sake of the people, and not for their own personal gain: Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you,... Read more

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Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

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2022-05-26T02:51:46-05:00

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The Ascension Takes Jesus Beyond Time And Space

Last updated on: May 26, 2022 at 2:51 am By Henry Karlson

Scripture has two major representations of the ascension;[1] the first is a very short description of what happened: Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, worshipped him, and were continually in the temple blessing God (Lk 24:50-53 RSV). The other presentation of the ascension fleshes out the event.... Read more

2022-05-26T04:37:00-05:00

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Abortion, Ensoulment, And Prudence

Last updated on: May 26, 2022 at 4:37 am By Henry Karlson

When a unique, personal human life begins, is not something easy to discern; indeed, the more we try to examine all that we know about the formation of human life, and consider the implications of we have learned, it becomes more and more difficult to say anything definitive. Science does not know the answer. What it does tell us is the processes which are used to establish that life. What it cannot tell is when we have a living human... Read more

2022-05-24T02:52:27-05:00

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Our Words Should Be Used To Build Each Other Up

Last updated on: May 24, 2022 at 2:52 am By Henry Karlson

“And he called the people to him and said to them, ‘Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man’” (Matt. 5:10-11 RSV). Language, communication with others, is a great thing, because by using it, we share with each other our thoughts and ideas, indeed, our very selves. As such language is a means by which we can come into communion with each other. That is,... Read more

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Words

2022-05-22T03:04:19-05:00

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The Slave Woman And Man Born Blind Were Set Free

Last updated on: May 22, 2022 at 3:04 am By Henry Karlson

Paul once got in trouble trying to silence a woman from speak out the truth. He was jailed because he canceled her voice: As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us, crying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she did... Read more

Sunday Of The Man Born Blind

2022-08-16T15:00:53-05:00

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Congress Is Right To Investigate UFOs And The Possibility Of Extra-Terrestrial Life

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 3:00 pm By Henry Karlson

This week, Congress conducted a hearing investigating UFOs, trying to determine what exactly military officials know about them and the dangers they pose, not only to the United States, but to the world. Congress was given reports showing that, indeed, the military has had several encounters with flying objects which they cannot identify. While some think this means we are dealing with extra-terrestrial life, the reports which indicate that we do not have the evidence necessary to say without a... Read more

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Creation

2022-06-10T05:42:05-05:00

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Created Out Of Love

Last updated on: June 10, 2022 at 5:42 am By Henry Karlson

God needs nothing from us; the divine nature is unchangeably perfect. All the qualities we associate with God, qualities such as wisdom, goodness, truth, and love, all of them are expressions or energies of God’s simple, eternal perfection. God’s actions, God’s energies, are eternal, though we relate to them in derivative forms through our temporal engagement of them, experiencing them as if they were active in time, and therefore changeable due to the progression of time. All that happens in... Read more

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2022-05-16T09:26:19-05:00

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Nicholas of Cusa And Our Apprehension Of The Transcendent Truth

Last updated on: May 16, 2022 at 9:26 am By Henry Karlson

Nicholas of Cusa reminds us of the vast difference between the absolute truth and the truth which we can apprehend. This distinction allows us to recognize what we apprehend as being true even if it is not the absolute truth. We should not confuse the two. The fullness of truth is infinitely transcendent to us, making it incomprehensible as it is in itself to us; but its presentation towards us provides us something to apprehend and so allows us to... Read more

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Nicholas of Cusa

Truth

2022-05-15T02:47:49-05:00

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The Holy Spirit, The Samaritan Woman, And Doctrinal Development

Last updated on: May 15, 2022 at 2:47 am By Henry Karlson

God’s grace is for everyone; everyone is called to drink from the spiritual well and have their thirst quenched. Christ wants to share the Holy Spirit, and all the gifts of the Spirit, with everyone; Jesus is the anointed one; we can and should be united with him, and through that unity, become anointed as well. Man, woman, Jew, Gentile, sinner, would-be saint, all can come to Christ and have their spiritual thirst quenched. All are called; we should not... Read more

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2022-08-16T15:01:08-05:00

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Republicans Attacking The Social Safety Net Promote Anti-Christian Principles

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 3:01 pm By Henry Karlson

Senator Rick Scott, and with him, many of his fellow Republicans, are taking their aim at the poor, the needy, the vulnerable. They want to find ways to make the poor pay more and more to society, even if the poor do not have the means, while making sure they receive less and less in return for what they give. Scott and his compatriots are doing this, it seems, so as to make sure that the rich and powerful do... Read more

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