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Orthodox Ecclesiastical Calendar
March 4, 2006
A site on the history of the calculation of Pascha.
Provides an opportunity to ascertain the date of Pascha
and the algorithm behind the calculation.
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Comparison of the two translations of the Ordo
Celebrationis
January 21, 2006
A brief comparison on some noted paragraphs of the Ordo
Celebrationis. Compiled by Fr. Robert Anderson. PDF
file.
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Summary and Synthesis of the Encounter of the Ukrainian
Catholic Church in Canada, 24-26 May 2005, Winnipeg
January 12, 2006
Mission and Future of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
in Canada. A summary documents of the Encounter
discussions and deliberations.
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Theandros - An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian
Theology and Philosophy
November 27, 2005
The purpose of Theandros is to publish articles on a
wide variety of topics relevant to the Orthodox
Christian faith. This includes articles on Biblical
exegesis, Church history, the Fathers of the Church,
Canon Law, Ethics, Ecology, and much more. Ecumenical in
scope and attitude, Theandros will publish articles of
widely differing theological viewpoints.
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Who Can Argue Against Life - The Triads of St Gregory
Palamas
Conciliar Press Blog -
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The Church - Her Nature and Task
Georges Florovsky. "In our time, it seems, one has to
get beyond the modern theological disputes, to regain a
wider historical perspective, to recover the true
“catholic mind,” which would embrace the whole of the
historical experience of the Church in its pilgrimage
through the ages. One has to return from the school-room
to the worshipping Church and perhaps to change the
school-dialect of theology for the pictorial and
metaphorical language of Scripture. The very nature of
the Church can be rather depicted and described than
properly defined. And surely this can be done only from
within the Church. Probably even this description will
be convincing only for those of the Church. The Mystery
is apprehended only by faith."
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The Ever-Virgin Mother of God
Georges Florovsky. The writer is fully aware of the
inadequacy of his exposition. This is not a theological
essay in the strict sense. It is only an occasional
address written down in haste some time after it had
been improvised. The only contention of the author was
to suggest the way in which the subject should be
approached and to open the discussion. The main concern
in the paper was to prove that Mariology belongs to the
very body of Christian doctrine or, if we allow the
phrase, to that essential minimum of doctrinal agreement
outside which no true unity of faith could even be
claimed.
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The Catholicity of the Church
Georges Florovsky. Content: The theanthropic union and
the Church, The inner quality of catholicity, The
transfiguration of personality, The sacred and the
historical, The inadequacy of the Vincentian canon,
Freedom and Authority, The catholic mind, The new
reality, The new creation.
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Revelation and Interpretation
Georges Florovsky. "What is the Bible? Is it a book like
any other intended for any occasional reader, who is
expected to grasp at once its proper meaning? Rather, it
is a sacred book addressed primarily to believers. Of
course, a sacred book can be read by anyone as well,
just ‘as literature.’ But this is rather irrelevant to
our immediate purpose. We are concerned now not with the
letter but with the message. St. Hilary put it
emphatically: Scriptura est non in legendo, sed in
intelligendo. [Scripture is not in the reading, but in
the understanding.] Is there any definite message in the
Bible, taken as a whole, as one book? And again, to whom
is this message, if any, properly addressed? To
individuals, who would be, as such, entitled to
understand the book and to expound its message? Or to
the community, and to individuals only in so far as they
are members of that community?"
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Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Decree on the Churches of the Eastern Rite. Vatican II
Council. Document on the Eastern Churches.
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Reclaiming Deification in the Latin West
Matthew Tsakanikas. In his treatise on the Incarnation,
Saint Athanasius writes, “[The Word of God] assumed
humanity that we might be made God.” By the time of
Nominalism in the West the relationship between “Thy
will be done” and authentic human “becoming” was lost
and the centrality of the doctrine of deification begins
to evaporate in the Western Church. Since then, many
Christians – “more concerned with avoiding sin than
living the life of God”[2] - look upon Athanasius’
statement as something that needs to be watered-down
instead of shouted from the roof tops, but, in our
reaction to the New Age we are failing to present the
authentic Christian view of deification.
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The Other Catholics: A Short Guide to the Eastern
Catholic Churches
Kevin R. Yurkus - Crisis Website. As millions watched
the funeral for Pope John Paul II, many were confused by
the concluding Panakhyda celebrated not in Latin, but in
Greek and Arabic by hierarchs in black hoods, turbans,
crowns, and unusual vestments. Was this not the
responsibility of the cardinals? And were those clerics
even Catholic? The answer may surprise you.
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Creation
Andrew Louth. A small sampling of Andrew Louth's work on
St. John Damascene explaining the saga of translating
έις τους αιόνας των αιόνων.
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The Two Important Things
Very Rev. Archpriest Robert Anderson. When people are
attracted to an ecclesial community and they are proud
to call it their own, there are two fundamental
components which are absolutely necessary: a sense of
divine presence and the experience of an authentic,
welcoming, loving Christian community
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Food and Sex, Fasting and Chastity
The ancient and venerable practice of fasting as a means
of achieving theosis and of manifesting the holiness of
the Church to the world.
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Eastern Catholics 101
An introductory essay to the Eastern Churches written by
Adam Deville.
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The Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Church
An introduction to the Divine Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom, the Eucharistic celebration of Byzantine
Christians.
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Reflection on Irenaeus by Hans Urs von Balthasar
This short article by an unknown author summarizes the
points of Hans Urs von Balthasar in his book, The
Glory of the Lord (Vol. II).
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