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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Newer posts →. Dooyeweerd and Thomism, some notes. This is from the first 28 pages of. New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Critique of Thomist metaphysics. Substance: possessing a permanence unaffected by change (Dooyeweerd 4). Our experience of the identity of a thing is always temporal. Traditional views of substance see it as a kernel under the accidents. To what, primary substance? So what is ousia? If matter is the prin...
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Patristics Reading List « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Came up with its recommended reading list. It’s worth considering, though here is my own list. I am skipping some otherwise seminal individuals, simply to make this list manageable. Irenaeus, Against Heresies. Bailey links to this edition. Origen. On First Principles. Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity. Gregory of Nazianzus. Five Theological Orations. Read this before anything else. Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man.
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Chain of Being (Review) « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Chain of Being (Review). By The Russian Archangel. Arthur Lovejoy analyzes a powerful if flawed concept’s control over Western mind since Plato. The chain of being is the continuum of substance/essence/stuff beginning with God (or Plato’s Good) and ending with either inorganic life or nothingness itself. The chain of being hinges around three concepts: plenitude, continuity, and gradation. Summary of the Idea. My own view is ...
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Monarchism « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Also, I’ve never been impressed with Constitutional Monarchies. Sure, they are better than what passes for democracies in America, but today they are little more than dog and pony shows (literally). To be fair, there are good justifications for constitutional monarchies (see here. Constitutional monarchies are almost powerless to stop the regime. Still, it’s better than nothing, I suppose. St Gregory of Nazianzus. Abraham Kuy...
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Presuppositions for the End Times « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Presuppositions for the End Times. By The Russian Archangel. I’ve spent a few months quietly examining my commitment to historic premillennialism. And I want to ask the question: is postmillennialism rationally viable? Summarized from Richard Muller’s Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms. I suppose as good a starting point as any would be the dius novissimus. The last day, the adventus Christi. Political unrest; re...
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Thither, Cocceius « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. By The Russian Archangel. New blog. Reasons why at the other blog. Https:/ cocceius.wordpress.com. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Clowney review from 11 years ago. Let there be Justice. Between Nazis and Azov. Audio commentary on apocalypse. Exposing Federal Vision Cult. DW and the Age of Consent. Fifty Shades of Guile. Heidelblog Resources on FV. Wilson fans be like…. Wrap up on Wilson. Russian Forces in Syria.
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Abraham Kuyper: A Personal Introduction (review) « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Abraham Kuyper: A Personal Introduction (review). By The Russian Archangel. As far as introductions to neo-Calvinism go, this is the most lucid. Prof Mouw goes beyond the standard “take every square inch” models of Neo-Calvinism and asks us to reflect on what it means to be created for many-ness. So what counts as a creational sphere? Mouw notes Kuyper wasn’t always clear. In fact, what is a sphere? The part I particularly en...
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Clowney review from 11 years ago « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Clowney review from 11 years ago. By The Russian Archangel. I found this in my old email archives. Clowney, Edmund P. Preaching and Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman’s, 1961), 124pp. Draws heavily off the theological method of New Testament scholar, Geerhardus Vos. Using such a method which will be mentioned shortly he analyzes the various attempts to integrate biblical theology into the life of the church. What do...
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Readings in Patristic Ethics « Rationality as Worship
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The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Readings in Patristic Ethics. Focusing mainly on more classical and patristic texts. These are the texts in the O’Donovans’ work. So, if you wanted to read in the patristic tradition and how earlier Christians engaged in political reflection, this is a good list. Sections 1, 2, 4, 10, 11. Letter to Diognetus 5-7. V24-26. Also contains some of his eschatology. Military Chaplet, 11. Against Marcion, IV:16. John Chrysostom: aest...
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