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The O Antiphons
December 17 – O Sapientia O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most High, and reachest from one end to another, mightily, and sweetly ordering all things: come and teach us the way of prudence. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of… Continue reading
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Advent: Two Comings
What’s Coming and Why Advent is for Christians the beginning of a new year, and for us here in Georgia and everywhere in the northern hemisphere, Advent arrives as the days are getting shorter and shorter down to the point that when we’re right at the end of Advent, we have the shortest day of… Continue reading
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Christ Our King
The feast of Christ the King was added to the church calendar in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. The Pope explained that while everyone agrees that Christ is King and he reigns in the hearts of men, he also reigns in reality and has the title and the power of King as a man because… Continue reading
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Modern Heresies
Deism God is an impersonal force of origin, and he does not intervene in history. Rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge. Contemporary religions are corruptions of a single pure, natural, simple, and rational religion. (Very connected to Freemasonry; many American Founders were Deists.) Enlightenment Rationality A human-centered philosophy and moral system in which… Continue reading
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Early Christian and Mediaeval Heresies
Jesus Not Really Man Docetism: The humanity of Jesus is an illusion. He only “seems” like a human but is actually God (divine). Modalism: The three persons of the Trinity are not separate and distinct divine persons but simply three modes or manifestations of one and the same divine being. Apollinarianism: Jesus had a human… Continue reading
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Non-Christian Heresies
Animism – all things have spirit & will This is pantheistic system in which all things participate in divinity. All things, even plants and rocks and words, are animated and have their own power to act and a will to choose a course. Atheism – there is no God This is the belief that God… Continue reading
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Heresies – Protestants and Moderns
Protestants Here in the 21st century we do not generally refer to Protestants as heretics. We are more likely to refer to them as our Protestant brothers and sisters. But it is included as a heresy by all three of our primary sources. So why is that? Our friend Hilaire Belloc thinks it deserves to… Continue reading
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Heresies — Three of the Big Five
Our three authors take different approaches to the topic of heretics, but they generally agree on a top five. Bishop Schneider tries to be comprehensive, so he starts with pre-Christian religions that might not be technically Christian heretics but are useful to understand as we Christians interact with a post-Christian culture. Bishop Schneider also likes… Continue reading
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Servant Leadership
The readings today remind us what Jesus did for us, and they suggest that he should be the model for our lives. We first get from the prophet Isaiah a description of the suffering servant, which is what Jesus will be many centuries later. It says: If he gives his life as an offering for… Continue reading
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Introduction to Heresies
What is a heresy? We’re going to pull from a few sources in order to try to answer these questions from different perspectives. The three primary sources were going to use are: So we have a contemporary author who is looking at things from our current point in history. And we have an English public… Continue reading
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