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- Wed 29 May 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: But of that day and hour knoweth no man
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15
But of that day and hour knoweth no man
Please entertain me while I retell a story: A professor of mathematics is arrested by the secret police. They decide to get rid of him and inform the man that he will be executed at dawn some time during the next week, but he will not know the day until it happens. So our mathematician sits in his d...
- Mon 27 May 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings
- Topic: Proto-ecumenism before the 1920s
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3403
Re: Proto-ecumenism before the 1920s
Vladimir Moss has also written that ecumenism in some form is ancient. Although ecumenists can be found even in the early centuries of Christianity, ecumenism became a mass phenomenon only after the Second World War. I am inclined to agree; in fact I do not think that there is anything "proto&q...
- Sun 26 May 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings
- Topic: Miracles and prophecies outside of the Church
- Replies: 2
- Views: 50
Miracles and prophecies outside of the Church
This is a question which is raised so very often in all of its variations "Would the Holy Fire be there if the patriarch were outside the Church?" "Elder so-and-so performed such and such a miracle," "Saint Somesergianistguy prophesied this and that to me so many years ago,&...
- Mon 20 May 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Anathemas: Past and Current Heresies
- Topic: Is Islam a Christian Heresy?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13910
Re: Is Islam a Christian Heresy?
Wait, I can still edit that one. Looks like it is a timer after all.
- Mon 20 May 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: Anathemas: Past and Current Heresies
- Topic: Is Islam a Christian Heresy?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13910
Re: Is Islam a Christian Heresy?
SavaBeljovic wrote: ↑Mon 20 May 2024 11:30 amWhy can't you edit your post?
I don't see the button to edit it for some reason.
EDIT: I can edit this post however
I noticed that we can only edit the most recent post in each thread. Isn't that intentional?
- Mon 20 May 2024 1:14 am
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings
- Topic: NatlGeo:"Jesus" special issue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 442
Re: NatlGeo:"Jesus" special issue
Excellent exposition ! Thank you, eish, for telling us all this. I thought i had read something about the instruction of the hesychasts to look at the stomach. That struck me as so WEIRD ! What do the Fathers mean by that ? How could one be performing a daily task yet keeping the gaze fixed on the ...
- Sat 18 May 2024 1:30 am
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings
- Topic: NatlGeo:"Jesus" special issue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 442
Re: NatlGeo:"Jesus" special issue
Interesting observations, as always, eish. Question : then what does one do to guard the intuitio/nous ? I'm sure there must be volumes written about that over the ages. But what simple things are recommended ? It is a difficult task and certainly not one I can claim expertise in. Indeed many v...