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Wed - December 13, 2006Sun - December 10, 2006Sun - October 29, 2006Sun - September 3, 2006Tue - July 4, 2006Why are Protestant Bibles missing those books?I know the reasons often given for
dropping the "deuterocanonicals" from Protestant Bibles, but as I was reading a
great piece on the Orthodox concept of living an ascetic life , I was struck by
the thought that these books contain many very clear prophecies that point
toward the coming of Christ (Arguably that is why Pharisaic Judaism excluded
these books), and in some ways very clear warnings about the
devil.
Posted at 11:19 AM Read More Sun - July 2, 2006The Meaning of LoveJohn Chrysostom, the introduction to
the Nicene Creed is said by the priest: "Let us love one another that with one
mind we may confess..."... James, Mark or Peter, although the creed tends to
come after the greeting with the holy kiss, thus putting the confession of faith
alongside an expression of
love.
...We have become used to the concept, particularly those of us coming from mainline protestant denominations, that love and belief had nothing to do with one another.... After all, unless you're a movie star, most people become married to someone who shares a common view of what marriage is about, how many children, how to raise them, etc. So when we recite the creed each week, we are, in a sense, recapitulating the beliefs underlying our "marriage" to Christ through his Church. Posted at 04:32 PM Read More |
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