by St. Theophan the Recluse The Lord says that originally God Himself blessed the marriage union, and put this law into our nature. About those who do not want to get married He said: "He that is able to receive it, let him receive it". It is clear that although He admitted that marriage is a … [Read more...]
Music and Mediation in St Gregory of Nyssa’s Commentary ‘On the Inscriptions of the Psalms’
by Fr. Matthew Baker In his On the Making of Man, St Gregory of Nyssa likened the human body to a kind of musical instrument, played upon by the mind of man. In the same work, he dismissed as pagan the idea of man as microcosm. Yet later, in his dialogue On the Soul and the Resurrection, Gregory … [Read more...]
Making It A Fair Fight for the Devil
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon According to Athanasius of Alexandria, man's repentance from sin would not have been sufficient to restore him to friendship with God. To imagine otherwise is to suppose an inadequate and unbiblical view of sin. Sin is not a merely moral offense, after all, an injury … [Read more...]
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