by St. Maximos the ConfessorThose permitted by God to test us eitherinflame the desiring aspect of the soul, orstir up its incensive power, ordarken its intelligence, orenvelop its body in pain, ordeprive us of bodily necessities. … [Read more...]
Nothing Created by God is Evil
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 Danger of Disregarding Natural Law in Orthodox Christian Theology
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Popular morality in current American culture is heavily in debt to both the Nominalism of the Late Middle Ages and the Voluntarism of the Enlightenment. Since I regard this debt as deplorable, it might be good to begin with a brief explanation of these … [Read more...]
