Tag Archives: Eastern Orthodox

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 →

Posted in Augustine, Creation, Dionysius, divine energies, divine essence, Divine Names, Early Church Fathers, Eastern Orthodox Theology, Hellenic Wisdom, logoi, modern philosophy, Nous, Orthodoxy, paganism, patristics, perennialism, Platonic Forms, Pseudomorphosis of Orthodoxy, rationes seminales, Scholasticism, Soteriology, St Dionysius, Thomism, Trinitarian heresies, Uncategorized, uncreated energies, Western Christianity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Augustine, Christology, Clement of Alexandria, Creation, divine energies, Eastern Orthodox Theology, Eastern Religions; Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodox Theology, logoi, Modern Orthodox Theologians, modern philosophy, nominalism, Orthodoxy, patristics, philosophy, Platonic Forms, political theology, Pseudomorphosis of Orthodoxy, scientism, Soteriology, Uncategorized, uncreated energies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

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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WHAT ARIUS KNEW (AND THE CHRISTIAN WEST STILL DOES NOT): FR. JOHN ROMANIDES ON THE FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL

Posted on May 13, 2017 by romeosyne

©James L. Kelley 2017 According to Fr. John Romanides, the First Ecumenical Council was not a convocation of textual critics and careerist ecclesiastics who hoped to use scholarly methods or up-to-date philosophy to understand Church teachings. In other words, they … Continue reading →

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James L. Kelley’s Response to Hans-Georg Lundahl’s Critique of Fr. John Romanides

Posted on December 31, 2013 by romeosyne

Go here to read Lundahl’s post and Mr. Kelley’s response: http://filolohika.blogspot.fr/2012/03/is-romanides-accurate.html. Lundahl claims that Fr. John Romanides mishandled an ancient source, Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ Roman Antiquities, 3.10.1-6. The details may seem tedious to even Fr. John devotees, but here is my … Continue reading →

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James L. Kelley, “Yoga and Eastern Orthodoxy: A Meeting of the Twain?”

Posted on August 13, 2013 by romeosyne

James L. Kelley “Yoga and Eastern Orthodoxy: A Meeting of the Twain?” Patanjali, in his Yoga Sūtras, presents a distinctive mode of ascetical practice called Yoga. Though Patanjali’s system influenced later dualistic traditions in Indian religion, he did not detect … Continue reading →

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James L. Kelley, “The Zombie Mass: The First Crusade and the Origins of Zombie Hysteria”

Posted on August 7, 2013 by romeosyne

The Zombie Mass: The First Crusade and the Origins of Zombie Hysteria –James L. Kelley “They are no Franks, but living demons!” –Chanson d’Antioche Note: For clarity, quotations from ancient and modern sources will be rendered in bold script The … Continue reading →

Posted in Annales, Cannibalism, Crusades, Demonism, Eastern Religions; Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodox Theology, Feudalism, Franks, George Duby, Historiography, Middle Ages, Papacy, Romeic Thesis, Three Orders | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments