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The ways of God are strange to our minds, but when our hearts are moved with the divine breath, they are relieved as if for the first time. For readers of this blog, this post may surprise you. But I assure you that I now know clearly that my whole life has been leading up to […]
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Palamas, Aquinas and the “Metaphysical Wordwebs of the Athenians”
October 9, 2013
Two Views: David Bradshaw and W. N. Williams The Epistemology of Language and the Pentecostal Church In the year of our Lord 565, the emperor (St.) Justinian died. This man is loved by Chalcedonian Orthodox for his imperial piety, hated by Latin Christians for his imperial ambition, esteemed by secular historians for his architectural achievements, […]
Posted in: The division of East and West
Reforming the Papacy – Further Considerations
June 4, 2013
In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. Having discussed briefly some of the spiritual concerns that seem to be important when considering the reform of the papacy (the salvific efficacy of obedience and humility) and taking note of the wickedness among us not only in common world views (secular democracy […]
Posted in: The division of East and West
10 Lessons the Orthodox Church can learn from their rapprochement with the Miaphysites
May 9, 2013
If the Orthodox Church can heal a 1500 year schism, they are indeed an ecumenical Church–but the Chalcedonian exclusivist ecclesiology must go. In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. Since 1964 and before, the near-longest division in the history of the Church—between the Chalcedonian Orthodox and the Miaphysites, dated from […]
Posted in: Chalcedonian Schism
Timeline of Chalcedonian-Miaphysite Reconciliation
May 9, 2013
NOTE: a major point on this timeline lacking is the period from 1993-present. If anyone can point me to better information about progress since then toward full communion, it would be most appreciated Chalcedonian Orthodox Joint Cooperation Non-Chalcedonian (Miaphysite) Orthodox 1902 Joachim III’s Encyclical on Ecumenism[1]1920 To All Christians Everywhere[2]1930 Pan-Orthodox council[3] 1951 Encyclical of […]
Posted in: Chalcedonian Schism
Sky Father #7
March 4, 2013
Sky Father I cannot overcome The insatiable desire To praise with words Your ineffable beauty Sky Father Sky Father I cannot keep silence Even as the praises of Your world Are silently more deafening than my every thought Liberating me from my distractions Pointing me to You Sky Father Sky Father Oh I love You! […]
Posted in: Ecumenical Struggle - Prayer
Reforming the Papacy – a Few Considerations
February 4, 2013
In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. Some say that the Ecumenical Struggle (‘Movement’) has reached an impasse. Much consensus has been made on many issues, but without an ecclesiastical organ with enough authority to bring everyone together to assent to these consensi, division will continue. More Christians may be […]
Is the Papacy a Constitutive Element of the Church?
January 14, 2013
In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. This is the question that arises from the ecclesiastical affirmations of Vatican II’s Unitatis Redintegratio and the subsequent post-conciliar magisterial teachings. This is because, on the one hand, when referring to the Protestant ‘ecclesiastical communities,’ the CDF interprets Unitatis Redintegratio as saying that […]
Posted in: The division of East and West
The Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration is the beginning of healing
November 1, 2012
In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. God’s Sovereign Reign: the Trinitarian Principle Christians worship the God who is One in Trinity. Our creeds are solemnly ratified ut unum Deum in Trinitate, et Trinitatem in unitate veneremur (“that one God in Trinity, and Trinity in unity may be worshipped”).[1] This […]
Posted in: The division of the 16th century
The Awful Division of Christians pt. 2: Survey of Divisions
August 27, 2012
In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. In our first article on this subject, we laid out a framework for assessing and judging Christian division. We said that on the one hand, truth should always be a dividing factor, separating truth from falsehood, and must lead to tragic but necessary […]
Posted in: Ecumenical Struggle - Prayer, General Hypotheses
Pater Noster 
March 5, 2014
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