Doctrinal Truth and Avataric Presence

Metaphysically, there is clearly no incompatibility between the divine unicity of God, on the one hand, as this is expressed in the Islamic shahadah, and the divinity of Jesus Christ, on the other hand, as this is expressed in the Nicene Creed. The Christian is not...

My Love Has Been Crucified

The passage you cite from Ignatius of Antioch—”My love has been crucified” (Letter to the Romans)—is profound indeed. The saint seems to be punning on eros. He means (among other things no doubt) that insofar as the object of his love, Jesus...

Focused on the One

There are of course many things an Orthodox Christian might read concerning Prayer of the Heart. What I often suggest that people read first is a little book by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), called The Power of the Name. It is a superb introduction to the subject:...

Aporia

It’s not enough to read the results of other people’s thinking nor even books about how one might learn to think for oneself. You have to engage in the process itself, and this is not something for which there are formulas or rules. It’s a living...