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Rejoice in the Lord always

Every Sunday is the Lord’s day, the day of the resurrection; but today, Sunday, April 8, 2018, is, for millions of Orthodox Christians throughout the world, the day of the resurrection par excellence,...

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How to Speak About God

In images we speak of God correctly Because some things cannot be said directly. How can a Name unspeakable be said Without it rendering the speaker dead At least as to the intellect and heart Which,...

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On Falling and Getting Up Again

I was asked today by my church’s youth director to give a talk on Zoom to some youth. Not knowing what to say, I put together some thoughts. Here are the thoughts that occurred to me. In your lives, if...

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John Bekkos on a text of St. Basil’s

The following is a translation of one of the chapters of John Bekkos’s treatise On the Procession of the Holy Spirit. Bekkos here treats of an important text from Book Two of St. Basil’s early work...

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Dionysius Petavius: Dogmata Theologica

I have on my bookshelves at home a multi-volume work which I purchased many years ago, the Opus de Theologicis Dogmatibus of Dionysius Petavius, S.J. (Denis Pétau, 1583-1652). This monumental work has...

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John Bekkos against Gregory of Cyprus’s view that manifestation does not...

Gregory of Cyprus’s doctrine of an eternal manifestation of the Holy Spirit through or from the Son is viewed by writers like Aristides Papadakis and Michel Stavrou as Orthodoxy’s definitive answer to...

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St. Gregory the Theologian on moderation in debates (oration 32)

I made the following translation of St. Gregory the Theologian’s oration On moderation in debates (often referred to by the Latin title, De moderatione in disputando) some 30 years ago, around the time...

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Interview with Erick Ybarra

I had a discussion yesterday evening with the Catholic blogger and author Erick Ybarra on his YouTube channel, mostly about John Bekkos. The interview can be watched at the link below.

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Nikephoros Blemmydes: Oration I on the Holy Spirit (to Jacob, Archbishop of...

The following translation is a work in progress. I am offering here only the first twelve paragraphs of this oration; later, I will add other sections, and will eventually, for ease of access, publish...

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On the Nestorian antecedents of a Photian argument

At Mystagogy §93, Photius writes: “Therefore, in so far as He is man, Christ is anointed by the Spirit; and since the Spirit anoints Christ, He is called the Spirit of Christ. But you say, ‘Because He...

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