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Undergoing changes 8 May 2012 | 10:34 pm
The blog is about to undergo HUGE changes. Maybe get a new one/url; maybe import the files to that address. I will leave the articles up on this one for research purporses.
The Princely Protestants of the North 29 Apr 2012 | 10:19 am
A year ago Irish Anglican–who is now a dispensationalist–accused me of posting nothing but attacks on anything Western. I think he mistook positive quotations of Athanasios and the Cappadocians for a...
A difficulty with Boethius’ Definition of person 29 Apr 2012 | 05:20 am
I’ve always paused at Boethius’ definition of a person: an individual substance of a rational nature. Presupposed is an understanding of Aristotle’s First and Second substances. Unfortunately, for...
My final thoughts on Augustine 28 Apr 2012 | 03:57 am
Evidently, some found my words confusing, so here goes: He is a saint and venerated as such. Ten years ago at RTS I was reading and re-reading Augustine and offering far worse criticisms, yet no one...
Appropriately Assessing Islamo-fascism 25 Apr 2012 | 08:43 am
This post is not a defense of Islam in any form. Indeed, the url of the post alludes to the heroic and martyric sacrifice of Tsar Lazare of Serbia (whom the U.S. State Dept stabbed in the back 7 cen...
Olav II, Paganism, and Demon-worship 23 Apr 2012 | 12:09 am
Someone criticized St Olav by talking about all the horrific things he did to the sweet, tree-hugging pagans when he “converted” them to Christianity. My thoughts: Those actions were done by Olav I...
Simplicity: Q & A 22 Apr 2012 | 11:23 pm
Plato’s works are more popular, if longer, than Aristotle’s because they are written in conversational format. I will give it a try. Ron Paulite for the Republic (RPR): I don’t get why you always tal...
A problem with comments 21 Apr 2012 | 10:05 am
For some reason, WordPress lets about 2 out of 20 comments just “disappear.” I am not blocking comments but I am not getting any notification that there are comments in queu.
Pneumata, Tradition, and Institutions 20 Apr 2012 | 04:05 am
My last post was making the argument that if one says the Spirit proceeds from Christ, it must necessarily mean it proceeds from the en-fleshed Logos, for the term “Christ” only works for the incarnat...
Eternally proceeding from “Christ”? 19 Apr 2012 | 11:05 pm
That is, the meaning of the word “Christ” is precisely “the Anointed one.” But, as Photius points out, in his divine Person and Nature, Christ had no need to be anointed by the Spirit, since He was al...
