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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:54:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/charles-colson-1931-2012-may-his-memory-be-eternal/ https://www.aoiusa.org/charles-colson-1931-2012-may-his-memory-be-eternal/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:48:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11631 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Charles Colson died today. He was 80 years old. I first met Colson at a conference at Washington, DC and was struck by his magnanimous character and intelligence. Everyone knows his story. Colson was a ruthless political operative in the Nixon administration, got caught up in the Watergate imbroglio during the Nixon administration and went […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/charles-colson-1931-2012-may-his-memory-be-eternal/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/g-k-chesterton-it-is-the-state-which-changes-it-is-the-state-which-destroys/ https://www.aoiusa.org/g-k-chesterton-it-is-the-state-which-changes-it-is-the-state-which-destroys/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:19:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11625 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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“It is the State which changes; it is the State which destroys; it is nearly always the State which persecutes. The Totalitarian State is now making a clean sweep of all our old notions of liberty, even more than the French Revolution made a clean sweep of all the old ideas of loyalty. It is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/g-k-chesterton-it-is-the-state-which-changes-it-is-the-state-which-destroys/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-pursuing-our-own-good-by-serving-the-common-good/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-pursuing-our-own-good-by-serving-the-common-good/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:58:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11602 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From the essay: Does the State serve the people or the people the State? The question here is more than just matter of personal or institutional conscience. Rather we must now ask whether the State is willing to acknowledge, and more importantly to defer, to any other authority or law other than its own in the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-pursuing-our-own-good-by-serving-the-common-good/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-british-authorities-adopt-double-standard-on-public-symbols/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-british-authorities-adopt-double-standard-on-public-symbols/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:02:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11592 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Affairs Moscow, March 13 – People in the Russian Orthodox Church are amazed at the loyalty that the British authorities, who have forbidden wearing crosses at work, have shown towards other religious and non-religious symbols. ‘This decision of the British authorities cannot but give rise to anxiety, especially […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-british-authorities-adopt-double-standard-on-public-symbols/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-vs-reich/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-vs-reich/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:48:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11574 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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What happened to Christians under the Nazi Regime? The traditionalists went to concentration camps, many fell away and adopted the Nazi neo-paganism, and some clergy actively supported the Third Reich. From the essay: [T]he persecution of the Church was camouflaged as “positive Christianity,” which claimed through the use of quotations from the Bible to be […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-vs-reich/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/conscience-objections-and-religious-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/conscience-objections-and-religious-liberty/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:44:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11572 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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ROME, MARCH 13, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Source: ZENIT News The following is an English version of a presentation originally given in Italian, at a Feb. 29 event organized in Rome by the Tocqueville-Acton Institute, Fondazione Caelo et Terra, and Rubbettino Editore for Italian parliamentarians and the public. I would like to thank everyone who helped organize […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/conscience-objections-and-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-sunday-of-orthodoxy-calls-us-to-emulate-the-courage-of-our-fathers-in-the-faith/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-sunday-of-orthodoxy-calls-us-to-emulate-the-courage-of-our-fathers-in-the-faith/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:01:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11569 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble tells us just as our Orthodox Fathers fought to preserve the sacred images (because they knew that destroying the icons of Christ would lead to a denial of the Incarnation in the end), we are called to defend the icons of “flesh and blood” — the human person. It’s a strong sermon […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-sunday-of-orthodoxy-calls-us-to-emulate-the-courage-of-our-fathers-in-the-faith/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/advice-orthodox-can-heed-abp-timothy-dolan-a-good-time-to-revive-your-faith/ https://www.aoiusa.org/advice-orthodox-can-heed-abp-timothy-dolan-a-good-time-to-revive-your-faith/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:17:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11567 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Roman Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan offers advice that applies to Christians across the board. Some highlights: If there is not some sacrifice, hardship, and challenge to living our Catholic faith, we usually end up taking it for granted and setting it aside. Dr. Philip Jenkins, the scholar of religion at Penn State University, observes a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/advice-orthodox-can-heed-abp-timothy-dolan-a-good-time-to-revive-your-faith/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/something-deadly-this-way-comes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/something-deadly-this-way-comes/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:57:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11531 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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– HT: OrthodoxNet.com Blog The insatiable appetite of the Culture of Death The debate over abortion comes down to one essential issue — the moral status of the unborn child. Those making the case for the legalization of abortion argue that the developing fetus lacks a moral status that would trump a woman’s desire to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/something-deadly-this-way-comes/feed/ 16 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-will-become-small/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-will-become-small/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:36:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11528 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Catholic Education Resource Center | Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) The church will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. She will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices she built in prosperity. As the number of her adherents diminishes . . . […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-will-become-small/feed/ 28 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11466 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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With stern words Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois warned Catholic politcians last Friday that any collaboration with “assaults against the faith” would one day face the judgment of God. Orthodox bishops should take notice. The report states: When asked specifically about recent actions of Democratic Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius Kathleen […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11463 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Vatican Radio Full text of the US Catholic Bishops’ statement in response to President Obama’s proposed changes to the HHS mandate: The Catholic bishops have long supported access to life-affirming healthcare for all, and the conscience rights of everyone involved in the complex process of providing that healthcare. That is why we raised two […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-the-dictatorship-of-relativism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-the-dictatorship-of-relativism/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11450 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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When the Manhattan Declaration first came out, Orthodox signers came under considerable criticism. Too much culture wars was the usual response. I signed the document because I saw that efforts to institutionalize secular liberalism could only succeed if dissenting voices were silenced. The cost of that silence is high and will include the loss of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-the-dictatorship-of-relativism/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/65-orthodox-church-bishops-call-on-obama-to-rescind-the-unjust-contraception-mandate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/65-orthodox-church-bishops-call-on-obama-to-rescind-the-unjust-contraception-mandate/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:30:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11447 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: LifeSite News NEW YORK, NY, February 6, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 65 canonical bishops of the Orthodox Church have asked President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to repeal the mandate that religious institutions provide birth control, sterilization, and Plan B abortion drugs in their health care coverage. The Assembly […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/65-orthodox-church-bishops-call-on-obama-to-rescind-the-unjust-contraception-mandate/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/outrageous-choice-religious-freedom-or-healthcare/ https://www.aoiusa.org/outrageous-choice-religious-freedom-or-healthcare/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:41:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11444 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From the essay: Every Christian, not just Catholics, should be outraged by the Obama Administration’s decision. The regulations represent a move to define religious liberty in the narrowest possible terms…Given the Catholic presence in areas such as health care, education and other social services, this is folly. Think of the public services that won’t be […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/outrageous-choice-religious-freedom-or-healthcare/feed/ 4