My Patron Saint! *On the Incarnation* was the very first Orthodox book I read during my conversion journey

Wonderful post! I incorproated it into my recent essay on Universalism

Awesome work as usual brother, thank you for all you do!

I enjoyed this thank you. I can't say I completely understood it, but I think I want to.

This is excellent!

'The City of Victory' - NICAEA (Nico-polis).

This was a great reading! I enjoyed your essay and found it a fascinating dive into Church History which helped illuminate the state of theology today. The essay helped highlight why theological debates over single words, which sometimes might seem unnecessary and nitpicky, can be deeply consequential.

Thank you. I am wrestling with arius right now.

Do we have any texts of Arius or others that support Athanasius' claim that arians were in fact insulted by transcendent truths? Is it not possible that they merely had trouble wrapping their heads around them as so many still do, and that there is room for grace with them? This video itself seems like a wonderful instance of that grace, and for my part, a blessed improvement on the accusation of heresy, and/or a designation of anathma.

"It is only when the subject humbles itself in faith that the infinity of what lies beyond itself can be reveled" right here is where people will harden their heart, the blank NPC stare will gloss over their eyes, and every possible excuse and justification will pour fourth to deny this reality. This is the most problematic statement that cannot be reconciled with the pride possessed and self centered mases of our time. Its the only statement where the proof that it is true is the very fact that people try to refute it.

If I get this correctly, Staniloae unfolds communal ontology because of Florensky?

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To turn away from this modern world, and this time in which you were born, is to turn away from the time that you have in this world and what is around you. It is possible to live in the past but only in one's own imagination and to negate solvable problems by turning to the divine. I say it is far better to resolve problems around you by analysis of those problems without a panacea cure for everything. Attention to details in this world and retaining reason and rationality are key to greater happiness and a reduction and suffering for us all.

It is not understood why the trinity doctrine must be insisted upon since it is immediately EVIDENT to any unbiased reader of the gospels that it's a bogus theory, fully invented. That CONVENTIONAL doctrine was created with arrogance because directly contrary to Jesus' words. You just need to read the gospels TO LEARN from Jesus' own words that 1. He is NOT almighty 2. He is with the FATHER ONLY. If Jesus were PART OF A TRIUNE GOD - as claimed by the doctrine - this would surely be CONFIRMED by Him! He would accordingly state to be both with 1. FATHER and 2. HOLY SPIRIT. But Jesus tells a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY. He has NO IDEA what a "triune God" is supposed to be and crystal clear reiterates in 4 gospels to be ONLY WITH THE FATHER! Jesus further states that He is the ONLY KING of heaven, i.e. contrary to the doctrine there are NOT THREE KINGS (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) in heaven. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are thus NOT CO-EQUAL. The trinity inventors were not able to figure out that the "Spirit of God" (Holy Spirit) simply IS THE SAME AS "God is a spirit" (Jn. 4:24). According to the doctrine they are TWO distinct spirits instead (allegebly they form a triune God with Jesus!). The truth is that the "Spirit of God" - who comes from God - is the SAME GOD, but in the form of a Spirit "God is a spirit". Thus, no third person exists.