Jesus Christ is the prince of peace. He did not encourage violence, indeed, he routinely spoke out against it, telling his followers to love their enemies and do them good instead of fighting back. Early Christians took this to heart. They did not take the path of the zealots and engage armed revolt against Rome; instead, they consistently taught peaceful resistance was the means by which they were to confront authorities who sought to bring them harm. For Jesus told... Read more
He seems to me to have comprehended this supernaturally, that the good Cause of all is both of much utterance, and at the same time of briefest utterance and without utterance; as having neither utterance nor conception, because It is superessentially exalted above all, and manifested without veil and in truth, to those alone who pass through both all things consecrated and pure, and ascend above every ascent of all holy summits, and leave behind all divine lights and sounds,... Read more
It’s a common occurrence on Catholic Social Media. When someone mentions an aspect of Catholic Social Justice which is not related to sexuality or abortion, another person will commence criticism of the concern by asking why focus on something so insignificant so long as abortion remains in practice. Moreover, such critic will mention how many abortions they believe are being done every year as a way to indicate why nothing else matter until abortion is stopped. Usually, it will be... Read more
Divine Sophia, the Wisdom of God, is God, not because Sophia is a person within the Godhead but rather Sophia can be understood as the nature of the Godhead itself. This is why in Proverbs we are told to seek after wisdom; it is because in doing so, we seek after God, and when we gain wisdom, it is because we participate and receive a share of the Divine Wisdom in ourselves: The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,... Read more
SECTION III. Thus, then, the divine Bartholomew says that Theology is much and least, and the Gospel broad and great, and on the other hand concise. He seems to me to have comprehended this supernaturally, that the good Cause of all is both of much utterance, and at the same time of briefest utterance and without utterance; as having neither utterance nor conception, because It is superessentially exalted above all, and manifested without veil and in truth, to those alone... Read more
Deception is all around us. In order to live in the world, we have to find people whom we think we can trust and rely upon. This leaves us vulnerable, as we can easily give our trust to someone who does not deserve it, to someone who engages us solely for their own personal gain. It should not be surprising, given the way we live, that it becomes relatively common for us to find ourselves, time and time again, trusting... Read more
On February 24, 2018, Catholics in Manilla came together to protest their president’s murderous regime. President Duterte, ever since he came into power, has had the Catholic Church as a constant thorn at his side, contending against, indeed, working against, his “strong-arm” tactics against drug dealers. They are being killed off, sometimes with execution style killings, with the claim that they resisted arrest. The estimated number of dead is over 20,000. Instead of listening to his critics, Duterte would rather... Read more
But, if the Divine initiations are above such, what would any one say respecting those still more uninitiated, such as both portray the Cause exalted above all, from the lowest of things created, and say that It in no wise excels the no-gods fashioned by themselves and of manifold shapes, it being our duty both to attribute and affirm all the attributes of things existing to It, as Cause of all, and more properly to deny them all to It,... Read more
Out of sight, out of mind. Evil spreads in the darkness where the light of truth and justice does not shine. When evil is ignored, or worse, forgotten, its power is able to grow; the greater the evil, the greater the harm it will cause. It has been over five months since Hurricane Maria. Instead of getting the help needed in order to rebuild, the people of Puerto Rico find themselves battling to survive. Those who should be working for... Read more
Jesus Christ, in assuming human nature, became fully human, becoming one of us. Just as he is consubstantial with the Father before all ages, he became consubstantial with us. He is God and human so that in and through his person, the Logos, humanity is able to partake of the divine nature throughout eternity. He is the bridge which unites heaven with earth; the eschaton which has become immanent. There is a history to humanity before the incarnation. Sin took... Read more
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