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One of the greatest hurdles that confronted the Fathers of the Church was how to reconcile the idea of a suffering God with the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition of divinity, where change and suffering are foreign and impossible to the... more
One of the greatest hurdles that confronted the Fathers of the Church was how to reconcile the idea of a suffering God with the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition of divinity, where change and suffering are foreign and impossible to the Supreme Being. With the possible exception of the early Syriac Fathers, whose roots were more Semitic and biblical than Hellenistic, this problem involved a great reworking of the classical heritage.1 Platonic tradition, Aristotelians, Stoicism, and Epicureanism were all in agreement that God could not have anger, love, hatred, compassion, envy, or mercy, he did not change, and he did not suffer. The context for the Eastern Fathers is on the one hand the defense of their faith and on the other hand the expanding of the classical tradition through their own theological reflections. St. Ignatius of Antioch for example in his letter to the Ephesians reminds them that Jesus is God and Man, eternal God and born of Mary, and therefore is without suffering and has suffered.
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The Scriptural accounts of Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus.
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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.-John 1:14
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The Real Presence of Christ: The Eucharist Makes The Church "A new Pew Research Center survey finds that most self-described Catholics don't believe this core teaching. In fact, nearly seven-in-ten Catholics (69%) say they personally... more
The Real Presence of Christ: The Eucharist Makes The Church "A new Pew Research Center survey finds that most self-described Catholics don't believe this core teaching. In fact, nearly seven-in-ten Catholics (69%) say they personally believe that during Catholic Mass, the bread and wine used in Communion "are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ." Just one-third of U.S. Catholics (31%) say they believe that "during Catholic Mass, the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus."-Pew Research Center While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."-Matthew 26:26
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Then the tribes of Israel heard that Anna had conceived the immaculate one. So everyone took part in the rejoicing. Joachim gave a banquet, and great was the merriment in the garden. He invited the priests and Levites to prayer; then he... more
Then the tribes of Israel heard that Anna had conceived the immaculate one. So everyone took part in the rejoicing. Joachim gave a banquet, and great was the merriment in the garden. He invited the priests and Levites to prayer; then he called Mary into the center of the crowd, that she might be magnified. (On the Birth of Mary, St. Romanos the Melodist (c.
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A brief reflection on the Christian calling from the Book of Revelation 21:1
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Published in Maronite Voice
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Articles published in the Maronite Voice, April 2015 and May 2015
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This article I published in Diakonia
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The people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.-Matthew 4:16 The theme of light permeates the Sacred Scriptures. For both Judaism and Christianity, the light of... more
The people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.-Matthew 4:16 The theme of light permeates the Sacred Scriptures. For both Judaism and Christianity, the light of God scatters the darkness of sin, and divine light infuses in believers the wisdom of God.
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Beginning chapter of a study of the liturgical renewal in the Roman/Latin Catholic Church