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March 12, 2019 By Fr. John A. Peck

Suicide: Why the Church Does What it Does

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by Fr. John A. Peck “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34). The following is an excerpt of a talk on Suicide in Christian History given at the 3rd Annual Orthodox Bioethics Conference held in Daly City, CA and sponsored by the Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian … [Read more...]

April 17, 2018 By Fr. John A. Peck

The Ancient Western Way of Making the Sign of the Cross

The sign of the cross is a beautiful gesture which reminds the faithful of both the cross of salvation while invoking the Holy Trinity. The early Church Fathers attested to the use of the sign of the cross. Tertullian (d. 250) described the exceptional frequency of the sign of the cross being … [Read more...]

November 6, 2017 By Fr. John A. Peck

How do you know that the Orthodox, not the Iconoclasts, preserved the more ancient Christian view of Icons?

For one thing, Iconoclasm would have thrived in Islamic dominated territory... but it didn't. The first out break of Iconoclasm began in Moslem territory, though this was not Christians destroying images, but Moslems destroying Christian images (Pelikan, p. 105). There is also reason to think … [Read more...]

Suicide: Why the Church Does What it Does

The Ancient Western Way of Making the Sign of the Cross

How do you know that the Orthodox, not the Iconoclasts, preserved the more ancient Christian view of Icons?

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