Death is a catastrophe for man; this is the basic principle of the whole of Christian anthropology. Man is an amphibious being, both spiritual and corporeal, and so he was created by God. Body belongs organically to the unity of human existence. And this was perhaps the most striking novelty in the original Christian message. The preaching of the Resurrection …

    When criticizing the Sophists for their utilitarian and agnostic approach, together with all those who sought to learn about the nature of the world and the laws by which it functions while being indifferent to the knowledge of their own selves, Socrates would say: What, after all, is happening with these people? Did they think they know as …

INTRODUCTION The Divine Liturgy which celebrates and offers the Eucharist, is the grace and power of the kingdom, which are at work in the world. It is the supplier of the ‘essential food’, and weapon of our spiritual fight to live the gift of life according to God, in Jesus Christ. But, because the Divine Liturgy is the “Banquet of Christ”, the mystery and revelation of the Church, …

Introduction Born in Arta[1] ca. 1470, Michael Trivolis[2] came from a well-to-do family from the Peloponnese who also gave birth to the Patriarch Saint Calistus I. In his early youth he left for Italy where he completed his studies at Florence after which he took a keen interest in religion and spiritual renewal. In 1507 he became a monk at …

Jesus and His disciples were on the road to Jerusalem where Jesus’ opponents held power, and He began to tell them what was going to happen to Him. Jesus was telling His disciples that He would be condemned to death, mocked, scourged, spat upon and finally killed; and He prophesised His resurrection when He said, “after three days He would …

  Abstract: St Basil’s contribution to the formulation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity has long been acknowledged in the Christian tradition. Indeed, he was responsible for articulating the ‘orthodox’ vision of God with theological and philosophical originality that truly laid the foundations upon which the way of pondering the Trinitarian mystery in the East was established. His achievement …

Introduction The purpose of this article is to provide a comparison and critical evaluation of two fields of academic discipline, namely, theology and science. It will do this by providing a definition of the two disciplines, along with their content and epistemological method. It will show by way of comparison that Theology is not an academic discipline per se, rather, …

“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 …