The name Stephanus comes from the Greek word for crown – stephanos: in Hebrew the name means norm or rule. Stephen was the crown of the martyrs in the sense that he was the first martyr – or protomartyr – under the New Testament, as Abel was under the Old. He was a norm, thatContinue reading “On St. Stephen”
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On the Passion of the Lord
an examination of the lives of some saints for Lent (39/40 (deo volente)) De Voragine (mostly): The passion of Christ was bitter in its pains, scornful in the mockery it laid upon him, and fruitful in its manifold benefits. The pain of the passion was of five kinds. The first was its shamefulness. It wasContinue reading “On the Passion of the Lord”
On Sts. Justina and Cyprian
an examination of the lives of some saints for Lent (29/40 (deo volente)) The name Justina is derived from ‘justitia’, meaning justice, for Saint Justine showed her justice by giving to every person what was due to the person. To God, she gave obedience; to her superior, reverence; to her equals, harmonious relations; to herContinue reading “On Sts. Justina and Cyprian”
On St. Nazarius and St. Celsus
an examination of the lives of some saints for Lent (11/40 (deo volente)) The name Nazarius means consecrated, or clean, or separated, or flowering, or guarding. In man five things are required, namely thought, affection, intention, action, and speech. St. Nazarius was holy in his thought and is thus called consecrated, pure in his affectionsContinue reading “On St. Nazarius and St. Celsus”
On the Symbolism of Bread and Wheat
“and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire”“unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, Itself remaineth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his soul shall lose it; and he that hateth his soul in this world,Continue reading “On the Symbolism of Bread and Wheat”
On the Fall
“in paradise [Man] before his sin fell short [of likeness to God] in nothing except in respect of subject”– Johannes Scotus Eriugena We can say that ‘the Fall’ refers only to the Fall from Paradise, as a single event in time, but we can also conceive of ‘the Fall’ as a condition ensuring the degradationContinue reading “On the Fall”
On the Architectural Symbolism of Cathedrals
“thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church”— Matthew 16:18 “This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it, because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it, and it shall be shut for the prince. The prince himself shall sitContinue reading “On the Architectural Symbolism of Cathedrals”
On Polemics
A Review of “Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future”
On Tradition 