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That's right! Today we are precisely one day from our annual 30 (40) Days of Blogging adventure! Many of you will remember last year's blog entries, and they were excellent. We are in the process of making a major change here at Preachers Institute, which we believe will make homiletics resources even easier to use and to make PI a better resource for you, the Orthodox Christian preacher, pastor and priest. As a result, we aren't … [Read more...]
by Methodius of Olympus Methodius was bishop of Olympus in Lycia who died a martyr around the year 311 A.D. He was a well-educated philosopher and theologian who argued against many of Origen’s erroneous views. Like Origen, however, he interpreted Scripture primarily in an allegorical sense. In this dialogue, Methodius attacks the Gnostic idea of the origin of evil and sets forth a proof for the freedom of the human will. ORTHODOXUS. … [Read more...]
By Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon is pastor of All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago, IL, and a Senior Editor of Touchstone Magazine. This article, posted on OrthodoxyToday.org in June of 2005 is a short, but powerful statement of why Christians, particularly Orthodox Christians, must not weasel out of their obligations to the country, society and culture they live in. Inasmuch as Christ our Lord obliges all … [Read more...]
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