Category Archives: Orthodoxy

Vladimir Lossky and the practicality of "orthodox" theology

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Rick

The “Introduction” to The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky was an important turning point in my growing awareness of the importance of sound theology in the Christian life and in the Christian church. This is not … Continue reading →

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In response to my Baptist friends

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Rick

Oh dear. There is something just wrong about saying “I am not participating in this particular forum any more” and then responding to comments which recently have appeared on that forum. It is like those celebrities or politicians who “respond” … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Jonah and Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy redux

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Rick

One of my very first posts on this website was about Anglican Christianity as Western Orthodoxy. That is – if Anglican Christianity either reinvents or rediscovers itself as Western Orthodoxy – as a Western expression of Orthodox Christianity. One does … Continue reading →

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God and the compression of time

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Rick

This evening I attended Vespers (with a chrismation) at St Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church. Fr Mark greeted me and then we had a brief exchange about how today is both Holy Saturday (for me – Western calendar) and Palm … Continue reading →

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In the church the one and the many are not in conflict

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick

I was struck a few weeks ago by this what Vladimir Lossky wrote in the chapter “Two Aspects of the Church” in his book The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church: This [the Church or Christian society] is the only … Continue reading →

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Why religion and science need not conflict

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Rick

I have been slogging through The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky (a little light reading – actually I barely understand a fraction of it) and in his chapter on “Created Beings” came across this interesting section: … Continue reading →

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Glory to God for All Things – "Orthodoxy and Science Fiction"

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Rick

Do I really need to justify linking to this fine and thoughful post by Fr Stephen Freeman? Strangely, I have long thought of science fiction as a form of modern theology – or at least of modern theological thought. It … Continue reading →

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Post-colonial Anglicanism – or Western Orthodoxy here we come

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Rick

I am on record as one who argues for a more Orthodox approach to Anglicanism – or for Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy. That if Anglicanism borrows a page or two or several from the Orthodox playbook – that is (re?)envisions … Continue reading →

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Patriarchs, primacy, and the pope

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Rick

About a year ago I was having a rather good lunch with some Episcopal clergy buds when the conversation turned to the relationship between Anglicanism and Orthodoxy. One of these fine priests mentioned how apparently Pope Benedict XVI without much … Continue reading →

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Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy: Shall We Gather at The Bosporus?

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Rick

Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy: Shall We Gather at The Bosporus? Richard M. Wright (Note: I am not happy with this article. Please consider it a first rough draft that needs plenty of work.) Whither Anglicanism? And how might (Eastern) Orthodoxy … Continue reading →

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