Tag Archives: Orthodoxy

LOGOI IN HELL: WHAT IS THE ORTHODOX TEACHING ABOUT ETERNAL DAMNATION, AND HOW DO LOGOI FIT IN?

Posted on January 17, 2018 by romeosyne

The Orthodox tradition is silent about whether or not in heaven we will receive any scientific knowledge about proportions in nature that are alleged to correspond to divine forms. In hell, however, we can “live” eternally according to Augustino-Platonic ratios, … Continue reading →

Posted in afterlife, analogia entis, Augustine, divine energies, divine essence, Divine Providence, Eastern Orthodox Theology, eschatology, free will, freedom, heaven, hell, Hellenic Wisdom, logoi, Logos, Nous, Orthodoxy, patristics, perdition, philosophy, Platonic Forms, pronoian, Soteriology, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

DESULTORY THOUGHTS, PART TWO: EARLY CHURCH FATHERS, HELLENIC WISDOM, AND “PLATONIC ORIENTALISM”

Posted on January 9, 2018 by romeosyne

In some early writers like Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and even St. Justin Martyr, we find the idea that the Logos Christ is the completion of a truth that was available in a smaller dose to everyone through reason and … 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 →

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

The Incarnate Holy Spirit in the Christian West: Mythical Birds and Potent Potables, Part One

Posted on December 26, 2017 by romeosyne

In a recent book I wrote the following: In his Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit, Saint Photius claims that the Western Christian dogma of the filioque leads inexorably to the notion that Christ’s flesh and blood body gives birth to … 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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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, PHILIP SHERRARD: ORTHODOX THEOSOPHY AND THE REIGN OF QUANTITY (Norman, OK: Romanity Press, 2015).

Posted on September 4, 2015 by romeosyne

Download Romanity Press’s first installment in the “Breaks and Links” series. This series of short tracts covers various Modern Orthodox theologians as well as related topics. “Philip Sherrard: Orthodox Theosophy and the Reign of Quantity” can be downloaded free at academia.edu (https://www.academia.edu/15352902/James_L._Kelley_PHILIP_SHERRARD_ORTHODOX_THEOSOPHY_AND_THE_REIGN_OF_QUANTITY_Norman_OK_Romanity_Press_2015_) … 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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