Tag: Culture
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Eugene Ionesco and the Elder On Mount Athos
Source: Mystagogy Eugène Ionesco (26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. In an interview with French magazine Paris-Match, Eugene Ionesco mentions the following experience he had on Mount Athos: I was born in an Orthodox…
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Soros Money to Fund NCC Lobbying Efforts
Source: Institute for Religion and Democracy The National Council of Churches will be using grant money from atheist billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Institute to power its political agenda on Capitol Hill. Even while sinking financially, the National Council of Churches – a group with the ostensible mandate to engender unity between disparate Christian denominations…
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The Preferential Option for the Poor
Source: First Things Catholic writer R.R. Reno explains why he became a social conservative. Catholic social teaching has always stressed a “preferential option for the poor” which certainly conforms to Orthodox moral teaching particularly in reference to Matthew 25. Where it gets hazy however is when we discuss how policy should be crafted that meets…
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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble. Judgment Day: An Orthodox Christian Perspective
Source: Huffington Post |Fr. Peter-Michael Preble Several years ago I was driving behind a vehicle on the highway and I noticed the bumper sticker on the back. It was kind of funny and I will admit I laughed out loud. The bumper sticker read, “In case of Rapture this vehicle will be left unattended.” OK,…
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An Insider’s View of the Collapse of the PCUSA
This quote reflects Calvinist theology, but the moral point the author makes is applicable to all Christian communions: “On the surface, it is not obvious how affirming and defending the imputation of Christ’s righteousness adds weight to ordaining only candidates who affirm and try to live by biblical standards of morality. But just as New…