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What is the nous?
Monday, September 29th, 2008It has been pointed out to me that many may not understand the term “nous,” from whence the term “noetic” comes. Here are some quotations to begin the discussion.
Met. Hierotheos
“all who pray with the nous have communion with God, and this communion is man’s spiritual knowledge of God”
“St. Maximus goes on to say that man [...]
Nathaniel McCollum misrepresents my theology and then is offended when I defend it.
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Here is Nathaniel McCollum’s recent message:
“James, I’m not offended at theosis or squeamish of the doctrine of the Fathers. I have not even once said that I disagree with what you say, only that its presentation is “a bit overstated.” Part of my objection is largely your acerbic tone, which you have now turned upon [...]
Athanisian reflections on evil and freedom
Sunday, August 24th, 2008In Contra Gentes, St. Athanasius proclaims “That evil is not from God, nor is it in God, nor has it existed from the beginning, nor is it of any substantive existence; but men, in departing from the theoria of the good, began to devise and imagine that which is not, according to their desires” (7.3).
The great [...]
Is Fr. John Romanides a semi-Pelagian?
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008In a positive, loving spirit, I wanted to offer some explanation for what may seem to be a denial of God’s “total sovereignty” in Orthodox theology. Please, anyone, correct my errors, since I have never written on this before. Also, this post is hopefully not seen as a “refutation” of Mr. Jay Dyer’s [...]
Jay Dyer at www.nicenetruth.com, tries to refute Fr. John Romanides
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Hey, gang, respond to any of these points, and cite sources, esp. if you quote Ancestral Sin. I’ll handle this soon. Jay, the author of this critique of Fr. John, is at www.nicenetruth.com
Oh, yeah. The formalities:
Hello Jay, if you’re reading this. My name is James Kelley. We have nothing but time to discuss your conclusions. It [...]
Fr. Michael Azkoul, Photius Jones and the gang ask the difficult questions about Augustine
Saturday, July 26th, 2008I just posted this comment to energeticprocession.wordpress.com (my favorite site, hands down). I wish I could see the look on P. Robinson’s and Photius’ faces when Fr. Michael first popped in. Exiting for all of us, especially me, a long-standing admirer of Fr. Michael’s writings. Anyway, you all should also check the comments on my [...]
Anti-Romanides Sentiments On OrthodoxWiki Will Not Go Unanswered
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008I posted an ‘edit’ to the Romanides entry in Wiki. In case they do no accept it (quite possible), you can comment here, of course. Maybe you will see it [here].
You obviously have no idea what Fr. John Romanides means when he says “Franks.” He means exactly what Greeks and Ottoman Turks [...]
James has officially entered the “westernorthodox.blogspot.com” fray
Sunday, July 13th, 2008Here’s my recent comment to a post on: http://westernorthodox.blogspot.com/2006/02/most-unique-orthodoxy-ever.html
I think you guys should chime in, because I think the westernorth. crowd needs to see that I am not a lone nut, preachin’ sola barbe.
Hey “Ille,” just though you would like to know that any first-year seminarian in any Orthodox seminary knows that we [...]
Jeffrey D. Finch’s “Neo-Palamism, Divinizing Grace. . .”
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008I recently read Jeffrey D. Finch’s anti-Orthodox essay “Neo-Palamism, Divinizing Grace, and the Breach between East and West,” p. 233-249 in Christensen and Wittung (eds.), Partakers of the Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Traditions (Madison 2007).
The theological errors are so numerous that it is truly difficult to know where [...]