I have, in this article, been attempting to present the various ideas that biblical scholars have about the Synoptic problem. The problem is this: why are there similarities and, of course, differences between the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. … Continue reading
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Churchman par excellence, St. John, Patriarch of Constantinople, is often regarded more as a moralist than a theologian. Such a view, however, which surely stems from the fact that Chrysostom’s greatest literary legacy is his homilies, apart from betraying a … Continue reading
Although we remember our Father among the saints Gregory Palamas on the second weekend of the Great Fast, our Gospel reading recounts the curing of the paralytic man at Capernaum, Jesus’ home after He left Nazareth. This story may refer … Continue reading
Although I thought I had shared all I wanted to share about Anamneis, it seems that I was fooling myself, I came across a very good article, author unknown, about the subject. There are parts of it that I would … Continue reading
The call to holiness is a call to a deeper union with God through the Person of the Son in the Holy Spirit. Union with Jesus is the first goal of the Christian life. As we know, union with God … Continue reading
As St. John, the most theological of the evangelists, instructs us, “God is love”. And so the criterion of whether we are truly following the Way of Christ is love; but not just any love – divine Love which is … Continue reading
As I shared in the last issue of this article, one of the general, liturgical principles of our Church is that the celebration of the Eucharist, the Divine Liturgy, is incompatible with fasting. The Divine Liturgy is not penitential in … Continue reading
That MARK is the source for Matthew and Luke is the most generally held theory today, among non-Catholic and Catholic scholars alike. This literary priority of Mark seems almost to be a fixed tenet of the critics. The Gospel of … Continue reading
The thirteenth step on St. John’s Ladder deals with TEDIUM. Tedium, as John defines it, is a paralysis of the soul, a slackness of the mind, a neglect of religious exercise, a hostility to vows taken. It is an approval … Continue reading
Make this a week when you reconnect with old friends, those who you haven’t seen in a while and, especially, those who you may have had a disagreement with. This week is all about building, maintaining and establishing loving relationships … Continue reading