Aaron Pope

barber by day, nerd by knight. pie is better than cake. I will die on that hill. ☦️

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@meghaverma_art @sarahcstock Bring back slut shaming. I need this on a shirt.

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@THEORTHOCHAT Whelp... I didn't know I needed to convert my shed but I suddenly have the urge to convert my shed.

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@w_terrence Wasn't uncle Tom the hero of the story? 🤔

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@MedWhiteAcolyte This seems like it's smuggling some sort of puritanism. I've met many priests that have occasional cigars and many old country orthodox from the Middle East that enjoy hookah on occasion. Moderation being the key.

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@EveKeneinan Iv struggled with this point. As someone who abides by what the church teaches, and wanting to refute gender ideology I'm sympathetic to her. Especially since "man and woman he created them" doesn't work for these gender epicureans.

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@ThePolemikOne I love St Hilda! May she intercede for us always!

[Thaddeus Patrick ☦️ @thaddeusthought]

The shortest explanation I have for friends who have no idea what Eastern Orthodox Christianity is ☦️

[Angelina Serbska ☦️ @Angelina_Lina8]

Prayer is an infinite creativity, it is higher than any art or science.

Saint Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex

[Jared Foy @jaredef]

To what do you, my Christian, bow, When you, O my Christian, venerate the icons? "Before the Living God, the Creator, I am bowing down, With all my soul, heart and mind, I bow down to Him. Mortal am I, and I am unable upon Him to gaze; Therefore, before His image I bow."

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@Britlad95 Bacon is delicious.

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@banterwithb Probably something like Joseph Smith did with the Mormons.

[Thaddeus Patrick ☦️ @thaddeusthought]

There are no exceptions when we pray that we are the "chief of sinners."

There is no one so sinful that we are allowed to "wring their neck" like the unforging servant who Christ condemns.

Criticize if you must. Take necessary action. But we must never, ever treat someone as below us, with disgust and disdain.

Orthodoxy is extremism or it is condemnation.

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@EveKeneinan Maurice Merleau-Ponty?

[Brantley Vosler @BrantleyVosler]

Kendrick and many others cast spells over their audience (and likely themselves) by doing what I’ll call Symbolic Gish Galloping Nihilism (SGGN) and is confused for deep poetic meaning. They simply flood a piece of art with powerful symbols but in the end it means nothing.🧵

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@OrthodoxOrigen Prosperity Gospel 🤢

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@EveKeneinan Because of Sartre, Foucault, Derrida, and De Beauvoir?

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@BrotherAugusti2 Second book I read after Becoming Orthodox I think 🤔

[Thaddeus Patrick ☦️ @thaddeusthought]

If you believe the Orthodox faith, believe the Saints that warn us:

Demons are actively stirring negative thoughts in us about other people.

Do NOT just listen by default. Pray and second guess all negative thoughts.

Attacking others wounds the soul and especially harms our Orthodox family. Let criticism always come after prayer. 🙏☦️

[Aaron Pope @n3psis]

@Skippy_DCM St Patrick was never formally canonized by the Catholic church though. He was in orthodoxy...