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The Beauty of the Infinite
[Note: There will be some spoilers for Now and Then, Here and There in this post.] I’m shamelessly ripping the title for this post from David Bentley Hart’s philosophical work, but it fits too well...
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[Madoka] Homura the…Pope?
In his post about the last episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, TWWK writes in one of his comments that Homura could work as a “John the Baptist” figure. I offer another interpretation: what about...
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What’s In A Name?
Edit: Cytrus of Yaranakya pointed out that Shu’s name uses and extra syllable, and is thus Shuu and not Shu. This renders the homophones I commented upon useless when it comes to his name. You should...
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An Update, a Wish, and a Church Father
Christ is born! My apologies for no post last week, but with Christmas and everything else I’ve been far too busy. Theophany is within a week as well, so there’s nothing major for today. Furthermore,...
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The Problem is Choice, Mr. Anderson…
It is probably premature of me to write a response before the argument is finished, but this morning I saw a post on TWWK’s blog about how Alex of Ashita no Anime is writing a series of posts on why...
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Today He Who Hung the Earth Upon the Waters…
This is a response to Alex’s second post in his series on why Madoka is a better savior than Jesus. In this post, Alex says why Madoka’s sacrifice was more true than Christ’s. Madoka made a true...
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Whenever a Bell Rings…
TWWK has recently been running an online anime group that’s watching Haibane Renmei. Unfortunately, the time slot is too late for me since I have to get up extra early on Sunday’s to unlock my...
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The Ring of Fire
The icon of the ‘parousia’ shows how Christ is both the source of joy and the source of anguish Before I begin with assessing the 3rd part of Alex’s critique of Jesus as a Savior, I need to explain the...
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The Concept of the Gnomic Will in St. Maximus the Confessor
Theological students (and, apparently, especially converts) sometimes tend to act if they are omniscient when it comes to theological matters. Yet, this last semester in my Church History class, as we...
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A Matter of Nothing: The Doctrine of Creation According to Sergius Bulgakov...
This post is a developed version of my 20th Century Orthodox Dogmatics midterm which was submitted to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology’s Three Hierarchs Essay Competition. I give my thanks...
View ArticleThe Light of Christ Illumines All: Apophatic and Cataphatic Interplay in...
Apophatic theology has become a trademark of Eastern Orthodoxy in theological discourse. An internet search on the topic turns up a plethora of blog posts, articles, books, polemics, criticisms,...
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