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  1. The Liturgist

    A disappointing Christological homily at Guildford Cathedral, and the importance of stressing the deity of Christ

    I particularly like Guildford Cathedral for their music program, and was excited last week to hear a Christological sermon by the celebrant. However, on hearing it, I was disappointed, because rather than stressing the deity of Christ, she managed to inadvertently imply Arianism, through two...
  2. The Liturgist

    On The Proper Names Of The Trinity

    In response to a member who erroneously suggested Jesus Christ was the name of the Trinity, I replied with the following Triadological and Christological treatise: YHWH is God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The names of the Son are the Only-Begotten, Firstborn of All Creation (although He is...
  3. The Righterzpen

    Psalm 139 - A fascinating look into Jesus's understanding of self.

    (The psalm I “stumbled” upon; the translation is my own. Bold text in parenthesis are words not present, but implied in the Hebrew. Non-bold text and italic text are interpretation / hypothesis based on textual context.) This is a Messianic psalm of the Messiah’s description of his personal...
  4. Andrewn

    Hypostasis of the Son

    God is 3 hypostases. Recently I was thinking of Chalcedon's formula: Christ has 2 physes in one hypostasis. This means that hypostasis of the Son became one with the human hypostasis. It follows that the hypostasis of the Son changed at the incarnation. This contradicts the dogma of immutability...
  5. Tone

    Torah Incarnate

    "Judaism believes that the Torah was created before the world, thus historic Judaism came to accept that the Word (The Torah) can be legitimately viewed as a form of incarnation. Some Jewish scholars will argue that even the nation of Israel is an incarnational process, and that Ezekiel 37...
  6. Mark Corbett

    Christmas Should Change How We Relate to One Another

    When we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating the wonder inspiring truth that God became flesh and lived among us. This glorious event was celebrated by angels singing on that first Christmas night, and is now celebrated around the world by billions of people each year. The theological term...
  7. AMM

    Meditation on the Magnificat and Nativity

    Hey folks. I was praying Vespers tonight and meditating on an Icon of the nativity and had some thoughts. I wrote them up and figured I'd share here. I pray some of you find it edifying, and if you find it heretical, let me know so I can be corrected of my errors! An Iconic Meditation on the...
  8. BlessedDisciple

    Short video I made about the glory of the INCARNATION...

  9. crossnote

    Infant Artistry

    Bach, pausing on his clavichord, listened in awe. Caravaggio, through tearful eye, layed down his pallete. Michelangelo, with shaking hands, could barely follow the curvatures; As they beheld their Incarnated Creator/Saviour, Crying in an ox trough, Clothed in human rags, Shaping sounds...
  10. L

    The second coming of Jesus Christ

    Here is one scripture ,Acts1:11 " this same Jesus...shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven."and there are other scriptures: "If therefore you shall not watch,I will come on you as a thief..."(Revelation3:3) "...for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man...