by St. Maximus the ConfessorNothing created by God is evil. It is not food that is evil but gluttony, not the begetting of children but unchastity, not material things but avarice, not esteem but self-esteem. It is only the misuse of things that is evil, not the things themselves. … [Read more...]
The Political God is the Buffoon King
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon The account of Esther commences with an emperor and his empire. This emperor's original-Persian-name was Xsayarsa. The Babylonians called him Achshiyarshu, which gave rise to the Hebrew version in the Massoretic text, Akhashverosh. Jerome, in his Latin … [Read more...]
The Original Light Of Creation
By St. Gregory the Theologian There is one Light, God: inaccessible, knowing no succession or beginning, never ceasing, never measured, always shining - triply shining! - yet few, I think or less than few, are capable of reflecting on how great it is. And there are secondary lights, shining forth … [Read more...]
