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		<title>He Ain&#8217;t Experientially Heavy, He&#8217;s My Passenger!</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/11/he-aint-experientially-heavy-hes-my-passenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Passenger,
1) Orthodoxy is an association of spiritual hospitals which exists to cure the heart of man.  (Nothing difficult or challenging there.)
2) Non-Orthodox &#8220;Christians&#8221; have no idea what the heart/nous is much less how to cure it (this point is easy to prove and should cause no controversy whatsoever). 
You do need a reasoning brain to verify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew&#8217;s great site on Orthodox beards elicits praise from these quarters</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/10/andrews-great-site-on-orthodox-beards-elicits-praise-from-these-quarters/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/10/andrews-great-site-on-orthodox-beards-elicits-praise-from-these-quarters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew (who recently thanked me for posting a pro-beard message on an Orthodoxlite website),
God bless you.  Your list of quotations is wonderful.  Especially the one from St. Kosmas.  I have a hand-painted icon of him in my cubicle at work.  It&#8217;s funny how his extremely holy, exceedingly austere personality shines through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the nous?</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/what-is-the-nous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been pointed out to me that many may not understand the term &#8220;nous,&#8221; from whence the term &#8220;noetic&#8221; comes.  Here are some quotations to begin the discussion. 
Met. Hierotheos
&#8220;all who pray with the nous have communion with God, and this communion is man&#8217;s spiritual knowledge of God&#8221;
&#8220;St. Maximus goes on to say that man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An apology to those I have wronged</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/an-apology-to-those-i-have-wronged/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/an-apology-to-those-i-have-wronged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To Aaron Taylor and to Nathaniel McCollum,
Forgive me, brethren, I have sinned against you.
As I chanted &#8220;O Gladsome Light&#8221; in my corner, my heart became soft and I was filled with remorse.  How could I speak so casually about glorification, for I am the man of pride and self-regard.  I know nothng about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nathaniel McCollum misrepresents my theology and then is offended when I defend it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is Nathaniel McCollum&#8217;s recent message:
&#8220;James, I&#8217;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 &#8220;a bit overstated.&#8221;  Part of my objection is largely your acerbic tone, which you have now turned upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praise for Fr. John Savvas Romanides, of blessed memory</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/praise-for-fr-john-savvas-romanides-of-blessed-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/praise-for-fr-john-savvas-romanides-of-blessed-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[May your memory be eternal,
Most honored and holy noetic athlete,
Protopresbyter John Savvas Romanides.
Your memory is ever-blessed.
May we have a joyous meeting when we see each other in glory
At the Lord&#8217;s Heavenly Altar!
Memory eternal!
Memory eternal!
Memory eternal!
Fr. John Romanides has restated the central teachings which the Holy Fathers learned through lives of noetic martyrdom.  Fr. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fr. Michael Azkoul comments on man&#8217;s free will</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/fr-michael-azkoul-comments-on-mans-free-will/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/09/fr-michael-azkoul-comments-on-mans-free-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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Fr Michael Azkoul Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 4:03 pm e

Man was created with free will. Its power was compromised by the fall. It is further dimished by delusion and the passions. We escape them through true faith, worship and fasting. Our freedom increases as these negative forces decrease.




Fr. Michael submitted this comment to the &#8220;Kelley/Dyer&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Issue in the Kelley/Dyer Debate: Epistemology and Revelation</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/08/the-real-issue-in-the-kelleydyer-debate-epistemology-and-revelation/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/08/the-real-issue-in-the-kelleydyer-debate-epistemology-and-revelation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad that you mention the infallibility of the Apostles, for you have unwittingly underscored what the real issue is:  you and I have two divergent epistemologies.
You believe that the Pope, the Apostles and the Bible are somehow &#8220;infallible.&#8221;  
I believe that the prophets, Apostles, and saints of all ages, up until this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Jay Dyer&#8217;s recent messages</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/08/response-to-jay-dyers-recent-messages/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/08/response-to-jay-dyers-recent-messages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Above, Jay, you wrote:
&#8220;the Incarnation was not contingent upon a human willing in Christ, if you will. In the 5 and 6th Councils we read that the Savior’s human will is “altogether deified,” which, following the Incarnational principle of soteriology, itself indicates an initiatory and primary place to the divine in our conversion. Otherwise, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athanisian reflections on evil and freedom</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/08/athanisian-reflections-on-evil-and-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://orthodoxpatristics.com/08/athanisian-reflections-on-evil-and-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Kelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In Contra Gentes, St. Athanasius proclaims &#8220;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&#8221; (7.3).
The great [...]]]></description>
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