Here is something I think you'll find interesting. It is a quote by St John Chrysostom, from around 400, in which he discusses the interchanging of terms...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Feb 8, 2010 2:23 pm
*Expiation, Blood and Atonement * by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Among the biblical concepts supporting St. Paul’s theology of atonement, one of the most...
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mattyreader
Feb 10, 2010 1:32 pm
Hello, This is my first time posting anything, so forgive me if I mess anything up. Re Predestination/Election etc, readers may find useful Ben Witherington's...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Mar 3, 2010 5:39 pm
Concordia Series 1, Post 21: The Filioque Dispute of the Ninth ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Mar 24, 2010 2:40 pm
Was Easter Borrowed From a Pagan Holiday?<http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/04/was-easter-borrowed-from-pagan-holiday.html> *The historical evidence...
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oruaseht
Mar 30, 2010 4:24 pm
I'm currently reading Timothy Ware's "The Orthodox Church." One of the footnotes in the book, p.218, says: "The opening chapters of Genesis are of course...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Mar 30, 2010 4:48 pm
Fr. Seraphim Rose argues for creationism in his *Genesis, Creation and Early Man*. Others argue that evolution is acceptable given the patristic ...
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frfenton@...
frfenton
Mar 30, 2010 5:30 pm
I remember reading that passage when I first read Timothy Ware's book at a Lutheran seminary student 25 years ago, and coming across it again in later years. I...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Mar 30, 2010 6:23 pm
I wanted to call to the list's attention a poorly translated defense of evolution by a famous Russian Deacon who argues that the account of the introduction of...
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randall hay
sr72000
Mar 31, 2010 3:23 am
I'll give a different perspective: no saint or father of the church has ever believed in evolution. In Orthodoxy DEATH HAPPENED BECAUSE OF SIN. THERE WAS NO...
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Jeremy Finck
finckdaddy
Mar 31, 2010 1:52 pm
While I believe within the broader perspective of the Orthodox Church, humanly speaking, the topic is open for discussion, I tend to agree with Randall Hay....
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Jeremy Finck
finckdaddy
Mar 31, 2010 2:30 pm
In other words, to more directly address the concern: "This smacks of liberal protestantism, the kind I rebelled against in Seminary. Next thing you know,...
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oruaseht
Mar 31, 2010 7:55 pm
Thanks for these reassuring words!...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 4, 2010 4:25 pm
By Fr John-Mark Titterington In the 1999 Archive <http://www.orthodoxlibrary.co.uk/archive1999.pdf> (see pp. 10-12) of the *Orthodox Christian...
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Mike Bennett
MikeBennett1
May 4, 2010 4:44 pm
Dialogue might have a better chance if terms such as "so-called Reformation" were eschewed. (I would say the same to my Orthodox brother). Mike Bennett,...
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Mike Bennett
MikeBennett1
May 4, 2010 4:46 pm
Having taken ubrage at "so-called Reformation" I should also say I think the article is a good, meaty one. Mike Bennett ... From: Christopher Orr...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 19, 2010 1:49 pm
Documentary: "Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer"<http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/05/documentary-mysteries-of-jesus-prayer.html> from...
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oruaseht
Jun 14, 2010 3:04 pm
Hi friends. I was recently at a Pastor's retreat and I started bringing up Orthodox stuff for discussion around the wobbly pops in the evening. I was ridiculed...
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oruaseht
Jun 14, 2010 3:21 pm
Hi friends. At a recent pastor's retreat, we got into theological discussion about a variety of things (see the other post on the theology of glory). One of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 14, 2010 3:58 pm
Here's a pertinent post on ecclesiology by Fr. Stephen Freeman: http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/ecclesiology-of-the-cross/ Anyone with a passing familiarity...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 14, 2010 4:16 pm
Officially, Lutheranism teaches that human nature remains as it was in the beginning, "good". However, at the same time it is seen as so encrusted with sin...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Jun 14, 2010 7:13 pm
I have heard the same answer from Lutherans about Orthodox theology: it's a theology of glory. First, this statement comes from unbelief, specifically in the...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Jun 14, 2010 7:46 pm
To add to what Christopher said: That humanity is different after the Incarnation is by healing and even spiritual maturity, but not in any ontological sense....
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 14, 2010 7:53 pm
"The incarnation doesn't establish a new kind of humanity, but a renewed humanity." To clarify, it is the indwelling of the divine energies that is now...
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Mike Bennett
MikeBennett1
Jun 14, 2010 10:40 pm
I'm Lutheran, and I can't imagine why your comments caused a fuss. There is no special Lutheran understanding of the Incarnation. Fully God, fully man, with no...
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oruaseht
Jun 15, 2010 2:59 pm
Thank you for the insights. I read Fr. Stephen's article and found it to be pure awesome. I tried bringing these themes up at the retreat and was immediately...
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oruaseht
Jun 15, 2010 3:15 pm
The fuss and ensuing uproar was the idea that Christ actually assumed fallen humanity or the same humanity that we have. The gist was what Benjamin mentioned...
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Dave Naess
howdydave_2000
Jun 16, 2010 2:34 am
Howdy! It's been a while so I thought that I would bring you up to date. I got turned down by New Skete Monastery in NY after making my Formal Application for...
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xcjorr@...
christopher3rd
Jun 16, 2010 2:47 am
Sorry to hear that. God works in mysterious ways. The financial practicalities of monasticism in the US are tough. Fr Sergius is a good (young) man....
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randall hay
sr72000
Jun 16, 2010 3:26 am
This also, I would say, is of crucial importance regarding predestination/free will. We humans, in the Orthodox understanding, are able to have a small...
