Category Archives: Creation

GIAMBATTISTA VICO: METAPHYSICIAN OF THE HUMAN

Posted on January 26, 2018 by romeosyne

Few outside the academy know anything about Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), though he is undoubtedly the greatest Italian philosopher of his time, and is arguably one of the greatest philosophical minds to ever hail from Italy. Before the middle of the … Continue reading →

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AUGUSTINIAN LOGOI VERSUS ORTHODOX LOGOI: A COMMENT

Posted on January 14, 2018 by romeosyne

The logoi spoken of by Augustine are “rationes seminales,” the seeds of development that make sure an embryo develops correctly into an adult (but also, they make sure movements of inanimate objects are orderly). This kind of logoi is fine … Continue reading →

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DESULTORY THOUGHTS ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AUGUSTINE, LOGOI, POLITICAL THEOLOGY, AND “WHO IS A CHURCH FATHER?”

Posted on January 6, 2018 by romeosyne

No Father of the Church has ever held that investigation of nature through the senses per sé renders any  knowledge that exceeds the probable. To aid the seeker in achieving natural theoria in preparation for the vision of God, Clement … Continue reading →

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Creation and Redemption in Fr. John S. Romanides’ Ancestral Sin

Posted on May 29, 2017 by romeosyne

©James L. Kelley 2017 In “Creation, Fall, and Salvation According to Greek Philosophy in General,” the opening chapter of Fr. John’s Ancestral Sin (pp. 41-50),[1] a Hellenistic view of creation and redemption is contrasted with the Orthodox teachings on the … Continue reading →

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