@NathanielRClark Personally,I would be happy to do that,but with a baby I don’t know when I’ll have the next opportunity to visit
If you need any tips for getting there,I’m happy to help.I could also arrange for you to go with Klaus,but he flies via Stansted, where flights from the US don’t go
Klaus Kenneth, a disciple of St. Sophrony, speaks about the importance of descending to the level of the person in front of you when teaching theology. He illustrated this with a very humorous example of how the Saint himself did this to him.
Klaus Kenneth, a disciple of St. Sophrony, speaks about the importance of descending to the level of the person in front of you when teaching theology. He illustrated this with a very humorous example of how the Saint himself did this to him.
@HarlandHoy@nypost Did Jesus speak to you and give you new teachings that nobody has heard in the past 2,000 years? What makes you so special and worthy compared to billions of other people over the last 2,000 years, that Jesus revealed this to you?
It sounds like pride/prelest…
@renewingprotest Chronologically, the Church precedes the New Testament writings. ontologically, both arise from the same reality:Christ, and the Spirit in the apostolic community.
@renewingprotest The Church and Scripture do not stand in a competitive order of authority, as if one “produced” the other.Scripture is the written expression of the apostolic faith & the Church is the living body that receives, preserves, and lives that same apostolic reality in the Holy Spirit.
@Fragbaza Whenever I become upset with a cleric, especially a bishop, I lose contrition of heart and awareness of my own sinfulness. This shows how serious this sin is. Without repentance, the spiritual life remains in the realm of delusion.
@34_Nizar@JoelCorbin89 4. According to Orthodox theology, Christ possesses full divine knowledge as God. When He says He does not know the day or hour, He is speaking from within His human condition and pedagogically teaching humility and watchfulness. He is not confessing ignorance as God.
@34_Nizar@JoelCorbin89 3. Because He truly became man. As man, Christ worships the Father and stands in our place. Calling the Father "my God" expresses His real humanity, not a denial of His divinity.
@34_Nizar@JoelCorbin89 2. Scripture says the Father raised Him, the Son raised Himself, and the Holy Spirit was involved. This is not a contradiction because the divine actions of the Trinity are inseparable. The one divine power of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit raised Christ.
@34_Nizar@JoelCorbin89 1. Jesus prayed to the Father. As the eternal Son, He is fully God, but having become fully man, He also lived a genuine human life. His prayer reveals the loving communion between the Father and the Son and shows humanity how to relate to God
@JoelCorbin89 These are the fruits of our Trinitarian theology: complete devotion to God, love & deepest compassion/co-suffering. If Anti-Trinitarians had such spiritual giants, I would become one myself probably.
@AndrewZywiecMD@YeFutureSaint Thus, Paul is primarily arguing against reliance on observance of the Mosaic Law as the basis of justification, not against good deeds, love, obedience, or works produced by faith.
@AndrewZywiecMD@YeFutureSaint When Paul says we are not justified by ἔργα νόμου (erga nomou, "works of the Law"), he is writing in the context of the controversy over whether Gentile converts had to keep the Mosaic Law.
@AndrewZywiecMD@YeFutureSaint f true faith necessarily manifests itself in love, repentance, prayer & mercy, why insist on calling salvation "faith alone"?Faith is already a living movement of the whole person toward Christ. Love and works are faith's expression and fulfillment.