by cutsinger | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
As a follow-up to my last post “On the Position of Sin” (17 May 2008), I recommend you give careful thought to the follow passage from Schuon: “Gnosis objectifies sin—error carried into action—by referring it back to its impersonal...
by cutsinger | May 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
With regard to my post from February 10th of this year concerning a “Restoration to Our Natural State”, you ask how I would reply to Saint Augustine when he writes about his Manichaean period: “I still thought that it is not we who sin but some other...
by cutsinger | May 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
How would I sum up the “essence of Christianity”? And how would I “position” my answer in relation to the two well-known books by that title by Ludwig Feuerbach and Adolph von Harnack? I don’t believe I’ve given ten seconds thought...
by cutsinger | May 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Though you didn’t actually use the word, I believe you’re talking about the subintroductae or agapetae, that is, the consecrated Christian virgins who lived, and sometimes slept, with their male spiritual companions, though without sexual intercourse....
by cutsinger | Apr 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m happy to hear you’ve worked out a modus vivendi for yourself. I hoped you would not have to break with this community since it was evident from your earlier messages how valuable the friendship of the monks has become to you. In any case, you seem to...
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