Grasping for Primacy

Pathetic.

Phanar: To avoid becoming like Protestants, ecclesiology must be revised

Acedia

New blog post on "Despondency": //svspress.com/blog/despondency-the-spiritual-teaching-of-evagrius-ponticus-on-acedia/ pic.twitter.com/VgSC6hGGqS

— SVS Press (@SVSPress) November 19, 2020

SVS Press

The Real Red Pill: Orthodoxy and Conspiracy Theories by Fr. Joseph Lucas

And yet, Christians did not focus on the conspiracy itself, but rather on the role they were to play within society. So how did they live in those days?

Both the New Testament and the writings of early Saints seem unconcerned with the power of the persecutors. They understood that God is also the Lord of history, and that the gates of Hades shall not prevail against the Church (Matt 16:18). In spite of the hatred often fulminated against Christians, they continued to love and pray for society and its leaders.

Yes Christians should be walking the ordinary path of holiness and practice agape, but is that all there is to it? The early Christians did not have a theory of just resistance to tyranny. Do we? And if we do, can we apply it?

Christ Martenson: Welcome To The Interregnum

Alexander Bogomolny

Wonderful tribute to “Maestro Bogomolny”, who taught us all so much here with his tweets and riddles at ⁦@CutTheKnotMath⁩, from his friend ⁦@nntaleb⁩ https://t.co/gMYrgea3jB

— Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz) November 22, 2020

A Pernicious Error

This has had a lot of bad consequences in popular spirituality and theology, and now political commentary. There is nothing we have that was given to us by the Father, and nothing that we can return to Him that was not first given to us by Him, and this is true even of the Son of God.

In our relationship with God, everything is given to us in our act of surrender to the Father. To relinquish is to receive. We come to rule ourselves, the only sovereignty that guarantees happiness, when we give power back to God. #ChristTheKing https://t.co/4b45i8TVHI

— America Magazine (@americamag) November 22, 2020

Old English Legal Writings: Wulfstan

“One of the great values of the classical legal tradition, especially in documents like Wulfstan’s law codes, is to see an example worked out of laws that reflect a positive vision for a commonwealth.” https://t.co/tBapR5cZm0

— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) November 24, 2020

HUP

The Bishop's Burden

A really important book about the Catholic REform! #books #CatholicHistory https://t.co/R1wytR604c

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) November 24, 2020

My book has finally been released! It's still listed as pre-order some places, but the publisher's distributor is already sending out copies (and hopefully I'll get my hands on mine soon!) You or your library can get one here: https://t.co/UMO7b1YY9E

— Dr Celeste McNamara (@c_i_mcnamara) November 20, 2020

Mosaic of Emperor John V Palaiologos

It was recently restoredhttps://t.co/UfO2D8jk9K

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) November 23, 2020

An online exhibition entitled “The Architectural Miracle of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople as an Expression of Ecumenical Romiosyne” is organized by the Ecumenical Federation of Constantinoupolitans #orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/xzWs4rdxQq

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 23, 2020

The Hope of Sweden?

Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia ordained Deacon Μaxime Francois Lesage as presbyter#orthodox_times

https://t.co/lOFa0bCfer

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 23, 2020

Not much inculturation going on? Serving Orthodox immigrants and residents in Sweden only?

It's Been a While Since I've Opened Either

Thanks to @iusetiustitium for making the reading list in Natural Law. Clash of the Titans. Which book is better? pic.twitter.com/vYusPgHvyZ

— Norbert Filemon (@FilemonNorbert) November 24, 2020

A Forgotten Number System

He had me at "medieval number system." https://t.co/GBZv2wzMEm

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) November 24, 2020

The Frescoes at St. Francis of Assisi, Baddesley Clinton, England, Part 2

The Frescoes at St Francis of Assisi, Baddesley Clinton, England, Part 2: the Schema https://t.co/850c7SnsOb pic.twitter.com/tdG4SRUP5F

— NLM (@NLMblog) November 24, 2020

NLM

Holy Justin Popovic

Today at 1pm EST we premier a new Travel episode. This episode documents our pilgrimage to the Monastery of Celije where St. Justin Popovic lived for 30 years in exile by the communists. Some exclusive content will be shared only on https://t.co/l2Xm3lvfvChttps://t.co/Pq2lFtsofg pic.twitter.com/ok9sxJTB3D

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) November 23, 2020

BRAND NEW episode of Neither Here Nor in Jerusalem!
We hope you enjoy it! May St. Justin Popovic be with us and pray for us. He was also very much against ecumenism so if you are interested in that should read his workshttps://t.co/Pq2lFtsofg pic.twitter.com/4aqGEBUJPk

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) November 23, 2020

Two I Will Have to Revisit

Join us TODAY at 9:30 am EDT, for a VERY interesting interview w Fr. Prof. Cyril Hovorun, on "Why Does the Church Have a Hierarchy?" Chat LIVE with Fr. Cyril, me, and zillions of viewers as the video premieres, @ this link: https://t.co/iUrb41MUmb pic.twitter.com/9sBqJm1J6X

— Coffee with Sr.Vassa (@coffeesvassa) September 19, 2020

Join me today, @ 9:30 am EDT (and 2:30 pm UK-time) for a VERY interesting conversation w Fr. John Behr, on "Creation & Gender"! He'll be chatting LIVE with us at the premiere, so you can ask him questions/comment. Don't miss it: https://t.co/3pbaW9U5JI pic.twitter.com/xs02b4JiJK

— Coffee with Sr.Vassa (@coffeesvassa) September 26, 2020

More "News"

Schismatics’ formerly canonical hierarchs now looking to advance in Constantinople’s Ukrainian Exarchatehttps://t.co/vvCprGBUph

On the occasion of what would have been the 85th birthday of His Beatitude Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, the previous primate of the canonical ... pic.twitter.com/6WMft4jvza

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 24, 2020

Was the Stream Recorded?

Tomorrow sees the final instalment of "With my history doctorate I became.....", featuring Dr Mark Byford of @EgonZehnder Read https://t.co/HNwO3s0X6y for info on attending. @OxUniStudents @OxfordHistory @oxbyz @OxMedStud @oxfordclassics @OU_TheoReligion @OxfordStudents

— Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (@OxfordByzantine) November 23, 2020

The Greatest? No.

Not that anyone associated with Commonweal should be trusted as having right judgment.

The legendary Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor is our era's greatest theorist of community and solidarity.

For Commonweal, he discusses Pope Francis' exhortation to emerge from our cramped, fear-driven lives: https://t.co/QJaKzy6WsA

— Commonweal Magazine (@commonwealmag) November 24, 2020

Archbishop Viganò Responds to the McCarrick Report

Mgr. Viganò Replies to the McCarrick Report of the Secretariat of State. https://t.co/9EFFvRsDMI

— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) November 24, 2020

Would the archbishop respond to the following? Maybe...

NEW, Michael Warren Davis on the ongoing scandal in the Catholic Church: The former nuncio became a trad hero after accusing Pope Francis of inaction on McCarrick. But there may be a beam in the accuser's eye. https://t.co/E5ovCXxMnt

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) November 23, 2020