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Just a quick thing. This is patently incorrect and/or misleading. In Rublev's icon the angel in the center of the composition is representative of the Son, of Jesus Christ. He's clothed in blood red under blue and behind him is a tree representative of the Cross. The Holy Spirit is represented...

A couple of things that have been said warrant comment. This notion of a distinction between the West's "One to Three" focus in Triadology vs. the East's supposed "Three to One" focus is not historically well attested. While it is true that the Latin West has tended toward a "One to Three"...

I'm not sure about a debate, but I would certainly be willing to ask questions back and forth on the subject. Could you define the doctrine as you understand it in detail?

Thank you very much for sharing this. Awesome in the truest sense of the word.

Just as a fair warning, you might want watch your step when navigating our calendar of Saints: Constantine and Helena: May 21 Theodosius: January 17 Eudokia: August 13 Marcian and Pulcheria: February 17 Justinian and Theodora: November 14 Constantine the New: September 3 Theodora...

Ah ok, thank you both. I was wondering if there was some theological reason or something else along those lines. Interesting stuff. Thanks again.

Ah, ok. That makes a great deal of sense then, given that the calendar drifts that much. Thank you. However, that leads me to my next question: But, doesn't that problem with the Revised Julian calendar only exist because those on the New Calendar still use the old Julian dates for the...

Yes, certainly. My question is more concerning the reason for the choice of maintaining the old Roman date of Julian March 21st for the equinox and why we use the equinox in conjunction with the old reckoning of the metonic cycle in the first place. Why is it important to maintain the calculated...

Just a curiosity of mine. So, as I understand it, the Paschalion gives us the date of Easter by calculating the the date of the "Paschal Full Moon" which doesn't actually necessarily coincide with any instance of an astronomically observed full moon at any place on the planet (Or does it? The...

I've never quite understood this notion that God is this totally immutable passive thing from the Orthodox perspective. It seems to undo a lot of early interpretations by the fathers and seems to go directly against the theology of St. Gregory Palamas who adamantly proclaims that God's actions...

Well sure, but that dodges the OP's question a bit. What you've said is along the lines of my point; it's just stressing the opposite end of the spectrum of possibilities and the psychological effect such historical instances have on those answering the question. Yes, it's an important thing...

Perhaps an exploration of the definition of the term and its possible connotations and historical baggage is in order. I can't agree with this approach. While it certainly can be a apt description of certain instances of judgment, it doesn't adequately appreciate the possibility of an objective...

I'm not sure that the way the bolded portion is phrased best serves a reasonable, charitable and Orthodox position on this matter. If we are dealing with the condemnable thing which is 'heresy' in the abstract, then yes, the specific instances are irrelevant to the fact that something which is...

Ah ha, fair enough then. I had perhaps too quickly assumed that the connotations I gleaned from the context of the question (those in which not seeking to "eliminate heresy" would be unreasonable) were the most apparent ones. I had considered the semantic issue something tangential. Perhaps if...

Skipping over the rest of the thread temporarily... 1 followed distantly by 3. Clearly keeping to orthodoxy is necessary, and from that perspective combating heresy is a important concern. Error is bad as it (even in whatever small way) leads us away from the Truth. However, elimination...

Nanopants' version is the Masoretic and Ortho_Cat's is the Septuagint. The Septuagint is technically older than the Masoretic, but it's hard to say which variant of the verse is more formally similar to what the original Hebrew might have said. However, the Greek word translated in the OSB as...

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This might just be a reaction to word choice on my part, but at least the parts I've emphasized in bold here seem to be a bit more of a scholastic lean than I'm used to in Orthodoxy. Both of these explanations seem to not give enough attention to the reality of God's energies. I know that...

I think Kalomiris gets misunderstood or read through a platonically influenced lens by a lot of people. And there's certainly understandable reasons for that given the language he employs. (And I'm really not sure if he's intentional in it-- though one cannot deny his lack of balance in...

Are you saying that Christ IS the Father (which would be the sabellianism/modalism mentioned above), or are you going for a more composite notion of God?