“The Word of the Father without a beginning (anarchos) has received a beginning in time, without separating Himself from His Divinity”.[1] “The Ancient of Days makes Himself a Child according to the flesh”.[2] “He who gave the Law to Moses on Sinai…to observe His Law has Himself brought to the temple”.[3] CUSTOM: A RITE OF PASSAGE According to ancient Jewish …

The Bible and Tradition, each having its own personal characteristics, function in unison and are never separated. The words of Scripture initiated and inspired the spirituality of the early Christian Church. Indeed, the Bible is considered the supreme expression in word of God’s revelation to the world; it is a living testimony of a lived history about the relationship of …

In the above work, the term ‘mystical theology’ denotes no more than a spirituality which expresses a doctrinal attitude (p 1). Lossky begins his essay with the following statement: ‘In a certain sense all theology is mystical, inasmuch as it shows forth the divine mystery: the data of revelation’ (p 7). On the one hand mysticism is itself opposed to …