Asymmetrical Dyophysitism

Not surprisingly, my post on “Enhypostatic Humanity” (17 April) has fomented more than one response. Sister N., you say, wants to know how “my” position differs from the Apollinarian heresy, which denied that Christ had a rational soul,...

Disputes between Giants

On the question of Christianity and esoterism, you are right that this was the central point of division between Guénon and Schuon. The former claimed that the Christian sacraments, originally instituted by Christ as fully initiatic rites, had been...

Grading Papers

You asked about my teaching, and I mentioned in answering how much I continue to love every aspect of our profession; you were a bit surprised, I think, when I said that this even includes grading papers! I thought you might like to see the little Breviary I have used...

Second, Not Second Best

It would be more accurate to say, not that Christ is the incarnation of the Second Person, but that Christ is the Second Person incarnate; indeed Christ is the Christian Name for the Second Person as such, whether incarnate or not—the Name, in other words, for...

A Case of Mistaken Case in the KJV

Thank you for your note concerning the fifth example of an error regarding case that I give on the first page of my Breviary of English Usage. I so much enjoy discussions of the language; so few people, including academics, seem to care anymore. It is no doubt a risky...