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December 2013

December 02, 2013

Metropolitan Jonah on Dispassion

I had heard, mostly from the grandmas at church, of the great wisdom and gift...

November 2013

November 13, 2013

4 Things That Are Not Reasons I Became an Orthodox Christian

There is perhaps nothing which is more painful, and obnoxious, than someone believing that they...

November 02, 2013

Against Hope in Damnation

In the wake of all the controversy revolving around Fr. Baron's remarks about von Balthasar,...

November 01, 2013

On the Many Kinds of Temptation

Personally, I think that the great wisdom of the Romanian Elders isn't common enough. Thus,...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

A Few Changes

It's almost certainly not gone unnoticed that I haven't written anything recently. This is due...

August 2013

August 06, 2013

“I AM” is not “Is”: Nihilism

“Nihilism stands at the door: whence comes this uncanniest of all guests?” -Nietzsche (The Will...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

A Christian Rite for Same-Sex Union

Once upon a time a heavily biased scholar published a work on the (scandalous) existence...

July 29, 2013

Saved from Sin or From God

I have written before on the typical Protestant concept of “Life Boat” salvation. However, upon...

July 22, 2013

Why Sola Scriptura Honestly Scares Me

Being raised in a Protestant home, the Scriptures were (and in many ways still are)...

July 19, 2013

Upholding the Sabbath

We’re all aware of the commandment to “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” ...

July 08, 2013

Some Wisdom From Optina

The following is a letter from Elder Macarius of the Optina monastery in Russia to...

July 08, 2013

“I AM” is not “Is”: Problems in Scholasticism

In consideration of ontotheology, it is important to look into the history of it. Heidegger...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

“I AM” is Not “Is”: An Introduction to Ontotheology

I would be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn’t agree that there is something...

June 17, 2013

A Desperate Plea

"Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy have each become comfortable (may God forgive them!) with the...

June 09, 2013

An Orthodox South?

Now that we've all gotten used to Southern Catholics, I'd like to introduce you to...

June 08, 2013

How Your Work-Out Might Be Destroying Your Destiny

Work-out mania has always disturbed me. Perhaps it is my inherent fear of people too...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Subjectivity, Truth-Relation, and Learning to Be Charitable

There is a problem I have found within the climate of American Catholics (I'm sure...

May 30, 2013

Why Dan Brown Desperately Needs Jesus to Have Sex

It's been said that I resemble a younger version of a certain Slovenian philosopher by...

May 16, 2013

The Despair of Greeting Cards

I have what one may describe as an aversion to cards. I never know quite...

May 10, 2013

Why St. Josemaria Escriva Might Just Be the Ubermensch

There is an unfortunate tendency both within the Church and within society in general to...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Stealing Paradise

On this most solemn and sacred of days, the day in which the Church remembers...

March 24, 2013

The Entrance: or Why One Should Care That a Man Came to Jerusalem

Today is Entrance Sunday (or Palm Sunday, as it is more commonly known in the...

March 13, 2013

HABEMUS PAPEM

We have a pope. White smoke rises and the feast begins. Now we must wait...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Cathedra vacua est

The Chair is empty. It is a somber day for all Catholics. As the doors...

February 11, 2013

Welcome to the Great Fast

Today, for those who aren't aware, is the beginning of Lent for Eastern Christians. Unlike...

February 08, 2013

The Disservice We Do Our Saints

Along with Papal infallibility, priestly celibacy, and Marian Dogmas, the veneration of saints is probably...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

Revising a Revaluation

After being bombarded in the wake of my earlier post on Hell, I decided that...

January 06, 2013

Merry Christmas!

I know what you're all thinking, "Is he joking, or just a moron who doesn't...

January 06, 2013

A Revaluation of Hell

Hell is one of those topics that makes people uncomfortable, like the female reproductive system,...

January 02, 2013

The Miracle of St. Paul

The Scriptures are filled with miracles, stories of great deeds being done for Israel and...

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