The Tree of the Greek Wise Men

My parish in Vienna recently just completed the iconography on all its walls. 1/3 through liturgy this morning, just realized I was standing under this: the tree of original Greek wise men—i.e. the philosophers.

Asking my priest about this afterward: “Yes—very Greek thing…” pic.twitter.com/cUSa3DSRNW

— Jonathan Greig (@jabgreig) August 9, 2020

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia: Once a Church, Always a Church (essay by Nayeli Riano) https://t.co/QCS0wXQZUc

— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) August 9, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

English Translation of That Interview with Ulrich Lehner

Link to the German interview here.

It's painful to say it, but it's true. #theology #crisis https://t.co/YOPmXgfEPo

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) August 9, 2020

Eastern Christian Books: Mystical Deification

Eastern Christian Books: Mystical Deification

Routledge: Mystical Doctrines of Deification: Case Studies in the Christian Tradition, eds., John Arblaster and Rob Faesen

Business as Usual for Rome

Pope extends Eastern Catholic Patriarchs’ jurisdiction over Arabian Peninsula - Vatican News https://t.co/di8MnT43By

— Kurt Martens (@DrKurtMartens) August 8, 2020

Vatican News

An Initiation Which Should Have Been Completed When They Were Much Younger

Friends, it was a privilege for me today to preside at the sacrament of Confirmation, which took place at the Santa Clara Parish in Oxnard. Join me in praying for an increase in faith, hope, and charity for these fully initiated Catholics! pic.twitter.com/zDkH9UTsp1

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) August 8, 2020

Charles Péguy

"Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics," the French Catholic poet said. What can that mean for an Age of Disenchantment? https://t.co/tgligSZQGw

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 7, 2020

AmConMag

Recep Maraşlı on the Assyrians

"Assyrians are the nation that has lost the most territory in the Middle East. Throughout history, they have experienced the most dreadful massacres and genocides. They have severely suffered from persecution as a result of Islam’s expansion by the sword." https://t.co/LddyYEWMkP

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 7, 2020

AmConMag

St. Paisios on Devotion to the Theotokos

'Hold onto the robe of our Holy Lady Theotokos as tightly as you can, and She will help you. May the Mother of God, the gentle and caring Mother of the whole world, protect you and the whole world.'
St Paisios the Athonite.#StElisabethConvent #obitelminsk #belarus #orthodox #god pic.twitter.com/j2CcM9w0Cn

— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) August 7, 2020

Hiroshima and the Transfiguration

Christian Roy's second wonderful article for The Symbolic World, looking at Hiroshima and the Transfiguration. https://t.co/0DqxIromuQ

— Jonathan Pageau (@PageauJonathan) August 7, 2020

Memory Eternal!

Fr Boris Bobrinskoy, one of the last of the generation of great Russian émigré theologians--of the era of Meyendorff, Schmemann, & Florovsky--fell asleep in the Lord Thurs. Born in 1925, He served as dean of St Sergius in Paris & authored several SVS Press books. Memory Eternal! pic.twitter.com/Gp5ebpR8uC

— SVS Press (@SVSPress) August 7, 2020

One of the most prominent Orthodox theologians in the West, Father Boris Bobrinskoy, passed away yesterday, August 6, 2020#orthodox_times

https://t.co/SKYZrCCLQo

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) August 7, 2020

The State of German Theology

Präzise in der Argumentation, detailliert in der Beschreibung, zutreffend auf die Erfahrungswerte: Der @ulrichlehner konstatiert einen bemitleidenswerten Zustand der deutschen #Theologie an Universitäten. Danke für diese Offenheit. 👏

via @CNAdeutsch https://t.co/cC3vudmxOn

— Moritz Windegger (@moritzwindegger) August 7, 2020

On the lost luster of German #theology and its intrigues: #CatholicChurch #Catholic https://t.co/AYmXhtHcV5 via @CNAdeutsch

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) August 7, 2020

Etymology as Philosophy

A wonderful figura etymologica. And one with an interesting history... https://t.co/H0oFlNeGCo

— Flavius Clemens Grammaticus (@flaviusclemens) August 6, 2020

the whole thread

Festal Vespers, Transfiguration

Vatican II Still Getting Defended

Think Vatican II is uniquely controversial?

The Council of Chalcedon was debated for centuries, a theologian told CNA, and one word used in the Council of Nicea was a source of serious scandal.https://t.co/uhuXWpDwgU

— JD Flynn (@jdflynn) August 5, 2020

CNA

I suppose we won't see an end to these any time soon.

It Will Probably Do Well in a Niche Market

Cardinal Schuster’s Masterpiece Back in Print for the First Time in Nearly a Century https://t.co/qQu9i61WYJ pic.twitter.com/SMwNxxKuSR

— NLM (@NLMblog) August 5, 2020

NLM

Fr. Joseph Kentenich

Magister: The Founder of Schönstatt Was Never Rehabilitated. This Letter From Ratzinger Is Proof

Links in German:
Exklusiv: Dokumente bezichtigen Pater Kentenich des sexuellen Missbrauchs
Vorwürfe gegen Kentenich: "Jetzt nicht mehr schweigen"
Ratzinger: Kentenich wurde nicht rehabilitiert
Ratzinger-Brief aufgetaucht: Pater Kentenich nie rehabilitiert worden

Related:
German bishop appoints committee to reevaluate beatification process of Schoenstatt founder

New Mars Rover

NASA Launches New Rover To Mars To Search For Signs Of Ancient Life https://t.co/N6CL69kW2J

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 30, 2020

Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Did you know that the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, edited by Andrew Louth, will include more than 40 new & revised entries by Sheptytsky Institute associates?https://t.co/jKAJUcSI5x@OED @PatBritti @saintjudeshrine @christinkallama @Ugcc_teoficat @archtoronto pic.twitter.com/HuvJqihTNt

— Sheptytsky Institute (@Sheptytsky) August 3, 2020

A Print of a Drawing by Jonathan Pageau

To those of you hoping for a print of St-Kevin of Glengalough, here it is. https://t.co/sopgznSAlw pic.twitter.com/rHSIXXSEah

— Jonathan Pageau (@PageauJonathan) August 3, 2020