February 7, 2012

Saint Athanasius and the ‘Penal Substitutionary’ Atonement Doctrine

  
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by Kevin Allen Our friend, the award winning host of "The Illumined Heart"  Kevin Allen, is a convert to Orthodoxy from Hinduism (see his story  HERE at Journey To Orthodoxy) and is also a fair hand at theological distinction, and this article is right up our alley at Preachers Institute. I try to read St Athanasius’ classic, On The Incarnation (DE INCARNATION VERBI DEI) or parts of it, during the forty days of the Advent season. I am … [Read more...]

“Expiation” Not “Propitiation”

  
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by the V. Rev. John Breck Fr. John Breck (1939- ) is an archpriest and theologian of the Orthodox Church in America specializing in Scripture and Ethics. After converting to Orthodoxy from Protestantism, he served as Professor of New Testament and Patristics at St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska) from 1975-1978, as Professor of New Testament and Director of Studies at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, … [Read more...]

The Term “Propitiation” In St. Paul

  
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By C.H. Dodd Charles Harold Dodd (April 7, 1884 - September 25, 1973) was a New Testament scholar.  In 1930 he became Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis in Manchester where he remained until 1935. He was elected to the Norris Hulse Chair of Divinity at Cambridge becoming the first non-Anglican Professor of Divinity at both Universities. In 1936 he was elected a fellow of Jesus College and became honorary fellow on his … [Read more...]

Expiation, Blood and Atonement

  
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by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Senior Editor of Touchstone Magazine, and archpriest of All Saints Orthodox Church in Chicago, IL, Fr. Patrick is, perhaps, the most erudite writer in the Orthodox Church in North America today. This article, one of his Pastoral Ponderings, was published by Orthodoxtoday.org. Among the biblical concepts supporting St. Paul's theology of atonement, one of the most important, surely, is that of expiation. What does … [Read more...]