Friday, August 31, 2018

Stump the Priest: Was James, the Brother of the Lord, Among the Twelve Apostles?

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Question: "I read recently that James, the “brother of the Lord," was not one of the 12 Apostles.  Are there not two James’ a...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

Stump the Priest: Brethren of the Lord, Sons of Cleopas?

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Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid Question: "In the Explanation of Matthew by Theophylact,  He describes Jesus’ “brothers”  as the son...
Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Stump the Priest: What does the inscription on my Cross say?

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Question: "What does the inscription on the back of my Cross say?" There are two common inscriptions on the backs of Russian bap...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Orthodox Biblical Interpretation and Protestant Biblical Scholarship

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The question of what Orthodox Christians should make of Protestant biblical scholarship is a complicated question. First off, what do I m...
Thursday, July 05, 2018

Unitarian Morality With a Little "Theosis" Sprinkled on Top

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Back in the 70's,  there was a song that expressed the ethic of the sexual revolution: " Love the one you're with ," by...
Sunday, July 01, 2018

Response to Giacomo Sanfilippo

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Giacomo Sanfilippo Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! Giacomo Sanfilippo, of Orthodoxy in Dialogue, began by focusing on an erroneous stat...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Living Church 2.0

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Alexandr Ivanovich Vvedensky, head of  the " Living Church " 1923-1946 When St. Paul met with the presbyters in Ephesus for ...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Stump the Priest: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

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Question: "What did Christ mean when He said "Let the dead bury the dead"?" We find this statement recorded in the ...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Dr. David Ford: An Open Letter to an Advocate of So-Called "Gay Marriage"

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An Open Letter to an Advocate of So-Called “Gay Marriage” by Dr. David C. Ford St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary May ...