In this post we present and analyze a very interesting excerpt from Alcaeus, the lyric poet. Continue reading “Alcaeus: Not even our hairs fall if God does not want it”
Alcaeus: Not even our hairs fall if God does not want it
The importance of our thoughts
Saint Mark the Ascetic offers us an inspired answer on the importance of the way we think: Continue reading “The importance of our thoughts”
Theology and Science: A Shift towards the Human Person
In science, in the past, the necessity for this movement was indicated in three different ways which might prove useful in an anthropocentric shift in the dialogue between Science and Theology: Continue reading “Theology and Science: A Shift towards the Human Person”
Be True to Yourself
by Fr. Stephen Freeman
I recall the excitement that I felt every year as a child and as a teenager as the signs of summer’s end came. Looming ahead was the beginning of a new school year. It never felt like a return to what I had known the year before, but as an opportunity for something new. In my teen years, the secret something new that felt exciting was a “new” me. Of course, that guy never appeared. Continue reading “Be True to Yourself”
The Faith Factor In Science
Hugh Pickens writes:
“Pastabagel writes that the actual scientific answers to the questions of the origins of the universe, the evolution of man, and the fundamental nature of the cosmos involve things like wave equations and quantum electrodynamics and molecular biology that very few non-scientists can ever hope to understand and that if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that we accept the incredibly complex scientific phenomena in physics, astronomy, and biology through the process of belief, not through reason.
An Orthodox Perspective on Alien Life
This is an essay that was originally published in the April 8, 1965 edition of The Boston Globe (p. 18) by Fr. John S. Romanides (1927–2001), a Greek Orthodox presbyter, author, and professor of theology. It is presented here in its entirety with some minor, stylistic editing. Continue reading “An Orthodox Perspective on Alien Life”
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