A Variety of Topics: Saints, Seasons, Society, the Moral Life, plus Travels mostly to Greece, and more, by Father Bill Olnhausen
Who? I fear that is the reaction of many Orthodox, till lately including myself. The Orthodox Church has given the title “Theologian” to only three men: 1) Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, 2) Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Patriarch of Constantinople, one of the great Fourth Century Cappadocian Fathers, defender of the Holy Trinity against […]
Read More »Commemorated on November 9 Why should we talk about Father Abraham? First: because we are Abraham’s heirs, and the Old Testament is the foundation of our Faith. Second: emphasizing our Jewish heritage is important today to counter the rising Anti-Semitism. * I’m using the word in the popular sense. Actually “Anti-Semitism” is an inaccurate […]
Read More »1) American Orthodox wealth and education and more 2) How American Orthodoxy is changing. 3) Abortion statistics 4) How to find out what much of the American press ignores. 5) Israeli settler attacks on Christians on the West Bank 6) Old-fashioned dancing for two or more sexes 7) Religion in the White House 8) Patriarch […]
Read More »Commemorated on September 26 Introduction: Do not believe everything you read. If you look up the life of Saint John the Theologian, in many places you won’t find much, or else you’ll read skeptical theories about him, contrary to the Church’s tradition about him. For example, modern (and even a few ancient) skeptics decided that […]
Read More »That was a trick question. The answer is Yes and No and Both and Neither, depending. Here’s why. Orthodoxy is Traditional, grounded in the Holy Tradition of the Church. While everything else in the world keeps shifting, mutating, coming and going, moving right and left, the Church is unchanging. Well, almost unchanging. But […]
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