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by Clifton
Tue 30 March 2004 10:01 am
Forum: Synaxarion Orthodoxia
Topic: Blessed Seraphim Rose...blessed or not
Replies: 26
Views: 16428

I, myself, have become convinced of his sanctity, and daily ask his intercessions.

by Clifton
Tue 24 February 2004 1:56 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: KANT AND ORTHODOXY
Replies: 5
Views: 2255

Having studied all three of Kant's Critiques, including a brief survey of his Religion within the Bounds of Reason Alone, in summary, Kant does not believe we can have any knowledge or experience of God. We cannot have any experience of God because we cannot have any experience of the "essence ...
by Clifton
Fri 1 August 2003 12:06 pm
Forum: Synaxarion Orthodoxia
Topic: American Orthodox Saints
Replies: 19
Views: 12471

In addition to St. Benedict of Nursia, I also invoke and vererate Blessed Seraphim Rose. I believe his sanctity has been and is being evidenced.

by Clifton
Fri 25 July 2003 8:13 am
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: a site showing hatred toward Orthodoxy
Replies: 6
Views: 4176

I couldn't help but note that the article said, in effect, "You can't have anything to do with Orthodoxy because it was founded on violence" (referring to enforced baptisms by secular leaders).

I wanted to say, "So Calvin's Geneva is out then, eh?"

The whole thing is a pastiche of ...
by Clifton
Thu 24 July 2003 9:59 am
Forum: Sacred Scripture
Topic: Old Testament Translation
Replies: 6
Views: 5881

I normally do not use translations, so it's the GNT or the LXX for me. However, I'm not a Greek scholar, so I do often have recourse to an English translation. In those instances, it is usually the NKJV or the NASB.

by Clifton
Wed 23 July 2003 12:08 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Who supports the household?
Replies: 25
Views: 9723

I don't dispute that being head of the household is the husband's God ordained role. But does that necessarily equate with being the breadwinner? Are there other Scriptures and/or canons which clarify this?(And I don't want to consider legitimate exceptions. Let's take a look at what's supposed to ...
by Clifton
Wed 23 July 2003 11:53 am
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Tradition: Development of Doctrine or Deposit of Faith
Replies: 7
Views: 4310

Tradition: Development of Doctrine or Deposit of Faith

I posted this topic elsewhere, and would like to continue to get some feedback and response to it.

Does dogma develop? Does it develop either a) as merely a clarification or b) as discovery of new truth?

Or is dogma a deposit of faith which we guard? We "fence" dogma to guard it from heretics, but ...

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