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An Update, a Wish, and a Church Father

Christ is born! My apologies for no post last week, but with Christmas and everything else I’ve been far too busy. Theophany is within a week as well, so there’s nothing major for today. Furthermore,...

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The Problem is Choice, Mr. Anderson…

It is probably premature of me to write a response before the argument is finished, but this morning I saw a post on TWWK’s blog about how Alex of Ashita no Anime is writing a series of posts on why...

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The Ring of Fire

The icon of the ‘parousia’ shows how Christ is both the source of joy and the source of anguish Before I begin with assessing the 3rd part of Alex’s critique of Jesus as a Savior, I need to explain the...

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The Concept of the Gnomic Will in St. Maximus the Confessor

Theological students (and, apparently, especially converts) sometimes tend to act if they are omniscient when it comes to theological matters. Yet, this last semester in my Church History class, as we...

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A Matter of Nothing: The Doctrine of Creation According to Sergius Bulgakov...

This post is a developed version of my 20th Century Orthodox Dogmatics midterm which was submitted to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology’s Three Hierarchs Essay Competition. I give my thanks...

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The Light of Christ Illumines All: Apophatic and Cataphatic Interplay in...

Apophatic theology has become a trademark of Eastern Orthodoxy in theological discourse. An internet search on the topic turns up a plethora of blog posts, articles, books, polemics, criticisms,...

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