Saturday, February 25, 2023

Anti-theological theology

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By contrast with "Phariseeism," "Sadduceeism" is "the liberalist [(liberalistische)] misunderstanding that, in its...

"God of angels, of powers, of all creation, of all the race of saints who live in your sight"

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"Lord, almighty God, Father of your beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, through whom we have come to knowledge of yourself, God of an...
Friday, February 24, 2023

"no evidence for" "an ongoing opposition between a repressive, orthodox Christianity and a suppressed, often feminist and sex-positive 'paganism'"

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"the idea of an ongoing opposition between a repressive, orthodox Christianity and a suppressed, often feminist and sex-positive 'p...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

"Courage in war and courage of thought are two different courages"

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"I touch upon this subject carefully and rarely.   They are still paralyzed not only by Stalin’s hypnosis and fear, but also by their f...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Grant that we may become the kinds of people in whom you deign to dwell

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Vat. Reg. lat. 316 I.lxv (p. 90). DigVatLib "O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant that we may be ...
Saturday, February 4, 2023

"And sometimes their soul is in a state just like everyone else's."

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Ἄλλοτε ὥσπερ εῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων γίγνεται. Interdum ut quivis hominum fit.       Pseudo-Makarios/Macarius (late 4th/early 5th cent.) , spiritua...

"But behold again a Virgin, a tree, and a death"

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"The Cross is the Father’s will, the glory of the Only-begotten, the Spirit’s exultation, the beauty [( κόσμος )] of the angels, the g...