Introduction Whenever the topic of Origen presents itself, it seems to always come packaged together with a whirlwind of false information. I have seen, time and time again, Origen summoned by [...]
What is the purpose of the Christian life when it comes to how the Church ought to engage with the world? What is our standard for success? Do we isolate ourselves from the world and change it [...]
With the release of a new massive volume on the subject, Aerial Toll-Houses has once again become a hot topic. It is a peculiar teaching found in some of the church fathers that continue to [...]
St Augustine retains a controversial place within Christian theology: not only was he involved in several controversies in his own time, certain theological inclinations often referred to as [...]
Who am I? Who are you? What does it mean to be human? Such existential questions are as old as history, with a variety of philosophers and theologians offering answers. In Judaism and [...]
Philosophize about the world or worlds; about matter; about soul; about natures endowed with reason, good or bad; about resurrection, about judgment, about reward, or the Sufferings of Christ. [...]
The Limits of the Church by Fr. Georges Florovsky It is very difficult to give an exact and firm definition of a ‘sect’ or ‘schism’ (I distinguish the theological definition from the simple [...]
The canon of scripture has been a controversial topic ever since the Protestant Reformation, which is largely responsible for why it is a popular subject today. The dispute was between the Roman [...]
St. Nilus of Ancyna: Who Was He? [1] Similar to a host of the writers from the patristic era, Nilus’ character is cloaked in hagiographic material making it difficult to remove the fictional [...]
Introduction During a consultation meeting of the World Council of Churches in 1972, a then-mostly-unknown Taiwanese man addressed the large crowd from the podium and uttered one word that would [...]