Welcome to the first installment of Orthodox Doctrine for Dummies!"For to follow the Saviour is to be a partaker of salvation, and to follow light is to receive light."
- St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lugdunum (d. AD 202), Adversus Haereses (AH) IV.14.1
Salvation is a matter of following the Saviour...
In this series, we (Shiranui117 and Dunemeister) will try to lay out for general discussion what we understand to be the Eastern Orthodox understanding on various areas of Christian doctrine. We would like to say first of all that this is not an evangelical undertaking. We are not out to convert...
Today, Sunday, June 30, 2013, I will enter the catechumenate. I've been an inquirer for about nine months, and I understand this next phase, where I begin the process of entering the Church, will take one to three years. Please pray for me that I will become worthy of holy Illumination as I...
I've heard a couple of times now people offering a faux praise of fundagelicals because they "take their scriptures seriously" as opposed to liberal Christians who "find excuses in interpretations." The idea, I suppose is that the fundagelicals simply take the bible at its word and believe what...
The following Web site proposes that religious belief (specifically Christian belief) need not be a barrier to believing in evolution. Lots of interesting articles.
The BioLogos Forum
Out there FYI, not particularly for debate.
Hey, all!
For IRL reasons, I have to curb my online activity for the next few (2 - 4) weeks. I may be able to post quick comments from time to time, but don't expect substantial participation for a bit. Keep the place neat while I'm gone.
The following column appeared in the Georgia Strait (Vol 43 No 2178 Sep 17-24, 2009). In it, Gwynne Dyer suggests that the recent "elections" in Afghanistan offer Obama a chance to save his legacy. I've copied it verbatim, and I'd like to hear comments about whether Obama should heed Dyer's...
Introduction
I'm starting this new thread so as not to derail more than has already happened another thread where this issue came up. In that other discussion, I proposed that a belief could be warranted (where "warrant" is that quantity enough of which when, added to a true belief, makes...
As a way of judging interest in a discussion about epistemology, I'd like to take a poll. (Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to do that, so we'll just have to go with this thread.) The question assumes there's little debate about two necessary conditions for knowledge. To know A, a...
Military burns bibles
This should probably give the lie to the notion that one of the military's priorities is spreading Christianity. Any thoughts on this?
In another connection, Jayhawker Soule said:
So here's that other thread!
I have been taught this theory, but admittedly, I've never heard much about it from very scholarly sources. So I'd like to invite JH to explain what Elohim means in the Tanakh. JH, if you refer to scholarly sources...
Last night, contrary to our expectations, our daughter was born at home. Mom and baby are both doing fine. Baby is 6 lb 9 oz. She's vigorous, strong, alert, and precocious. And she's so darn cute, I can hardly stand it! Truly a blessing!
Also, my wife, for whom I already had the greatest...
Interesting article from the CBC, worth checking out:
Car company failures? Blame the media
Note that the article doesn't blame the whole thing on the media, but points out that the North American media's business model put auto reporters and the papers they wrote for at the mercy of the...
Hi, all! Business and life made it impossible for me to participate for the past few months, but perhaps I'll be able to post a thing or two here and there for a bit. However, my wife's expecting her first in just a few short weeks, so I may have to disappear yet again.
Two prominent members of breakaway Mormon sects have been arrested on charges of polygamy in Canada. This will be a test of Canada's anti-polygamy laws. The government contends that these marriage arrangements are exploitative; the arrested sect leaders are contending that their marriages are...
In the following article, Rev. Tom Wright argues that homelessness is an apt metaphor for our times. I'd invite all and sundry, religious or not, to comment.
Homelessness is an apt metaphor for our troubled world - Telegraph
To what extent would you agree with the following article, written by the Anglican Dean of Perth? In a nutshell, he argues first that salvation is a corporate thing, not an individual thing; second, he says that salvation does not depend on intellectual assent to anything, i.e., that the content...
The following discussion is derived from an article "Community and Its Counterfeits" from a book called Ideas, itself based on a CBC radio show.
Iatrogenesis is a medical concept. Literally, it means "physician-caused harm." According to oral medical tradition, around 1910, medical practices...
I got this in an e-mail, and I'd thought I'd share, 'cause that's the kinda guy I am.
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Dear Red States:
If you manage to steal this election too we've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking
the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that...