St. Gregory of Nyssa on the Incarnation and the Birth of Our Lord

"The grace that flows from the manifestation of the Only-Begotten Son in the flesh, proclaimed to the world by his birth from the Virgin, is not merely a holy festival but indeed a holy of holies and a festival of festivals."

-St Gregory of Nyssahttps://t.co/wCsnImqWvk

— The Pappas Patristic Institute (@PappasPatristic) January 2, 2023

Devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus

For "anyone looking for particularly Western traditional expressions of the devotion to the name of Jesus, and the power of prayer in his holy name."https://t.co/zR0ygOEJbi

— Akenside Institute for English Spirituality (@AkensideInst) July 1, 2022

A Lecture by Fr. Khaled Anatolios

Upcoming online seminar - The Salvific Power of the Inner Life of Christ: The Witness of the Ecumenical Councils https://t.co/sUTbxgA7Ia

— Sheptytsky Institute (@Sheptytsky) October 6, 2021

Both Are Figures of Christ?

King David holding an open Psalter, flanked by Sophia (Wisdom) on the left, and Prophecy on the right
From the Paris Psalter (c. 950)
Constantinople, now at Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris pic.twitter.com/MTBjFsfGy7

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) September 18, 2021

Christ the Divine Physician

The Greek verb therapeuein means “to heal” or “to cure.” The purpose of the gospel is arguably that we be healed.https://t.co/PDlsoNRa5Q

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) September 2, 2021

Fr. Schmemann on the Son of the Theotokos

Father Alexander turns to a fundamental question in his discussion of the explosion of Mariology in the early Church: Who is Christ? #SchmemannSpeakshttps://t.co/PVIkVY6FD9

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) August 26, 2021

A Latin Soteriology?

"Christ, God become man, comes to meet us where? Precisely in our weaknesses and sufferings. Indeed, Christ plumbs the depths of human frailty, kenotically* embracing a life of servitude and suffering, to the point of even death on a cross." —Prof. Paul Gondreau pic.twitter.com/8HQ6FxDhVV

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) August 26, 2021

A New Book by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

My new book! ARISE, O GOD: The Gospel of Christ's Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death

Paperback: https://t.co/MSk3SWjnei
E-Book: https://t.co/yL5lwlthpj
Amazon Kindle: https://t.co/DOZe7NYPlN

Audiobook: Coming soon on Audible! 1/ pic.twitter.com/7NhnWFAteE

— Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick (@FrAndrewSDamick) August 24, 2021

A Latin on Peter's Confession

Friends, today’s Gospel spells out the importance of Peter’s confession. For it is upon this inspired confession that the Church is built. Not on popular opinion, and not on personal holiness. It is built upon the inspired authority of Peter.https://t.co/2GLGKhmJlN pic.twitter.com/RUodhYEfSb

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) June 29, 2021

Reading it as referring exclusively to the bishop of Rome, when others would read Peter's confession as applying to all bishops, and not just all bishops, but possibly the laity as well. After all, Christ is the Rock, and Peter participates in the Rock who is Christ through faith.

The Ascension of Our Lord

"In the Ascension resides the meaning and the fullness of Christ’s Resurrection." --Fr. Georges Florovsky https://t.co/UmvjdVvYs8

Blessed Feast! pic.twitter.com/wMRa5giIdv

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) June 10, 2021

Yes, That Is What St. Thomas Claims

But is that correct? Was recapitulation a choice? Or was suffering necessary for the New Creation?

Aquinas argues that God could have saved the world by other means, yet He chose to redeem us through suffering for many reasons; one of them being that His suffering teaches us the gravity of human sin & the intensity of divine love.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. pic.twitter.com/n7O7OsslgS

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) June 11, 2021

"The Cross and the Machine"

https://t.co/iLSuFOWew4

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) May 14, 2021

Christ the Pantocrator

Christ the Pantokrator from Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia in a Tbilisi Church (+ Video)https://t.co/RFxrjGufdF

David Tavartkiladze

A copy of the Pantokrator from Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia was solemnly unveiled at the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Tbilisi on t... pic.twitter.com/oi5uuXdAek

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) May 14, 2021

Douglas Farrow on the Ascension

Here's a cool diagram from Douglas Farrow's book on the theology of the Ascension. pic.twitter.com/eyYM1J3Ah7

— Pater Edmund (@sancrucensis) May 13, 2021

The Precious and Life-Giving Cross

Some try to “look” holy, but they are missing something. As the Church moves beyond Mid-Lent toward Holy Week, Fr Schmemann explains why there is no Christianity without the Precious and Life-Giving Cross. #SchmemannSpeaks #YearOfSchmemann https://t.co/OugnspYmmf

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) April 12, 2021

The Word

All things being created through Him. Love this one. pic.twitter.com/7KwU2mv42U

— Christian Culture (@Christian8Pics) February 18, 2021

Interview with Michael Hesemann

“God became man means that God became history.”
The @NCRegister interviewed Michael Hesemann about his book "Jesus of Nazareth: Archaeologists Retracing the Footsteps of Christ" (available here: https://t.co/hM1Rs3BtLS): https://t.co/qkCKqr5x2K

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) April 9, 2021

Byzantine Icons of the Crucifixion

Byzantine icons of the Crucifixion
At the Bode Museum in Berlin pic.twitter.com/vpKflNMyMy

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) April 4, 2021

Byzantine icons of the Crucifixion
At the Bode Museum in Berlin pic.twitter.com/vpKflNMyMy

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) April 4, 2021

The Good Shepherd

In the photo is a hand-painted icon of Jesus Christ ‘The Good Shepherd’, 6.3"×8.27", created in the icon-painting studio of St Elisabeth Convent.
The icon was ordered by our customer from a small town in the state of Maine, the USA.
Continued at https://t.co/OYvMJJgGM8 pic.twitter.com/XmwBb0Ferm

— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) April 4, 2021

Mary: Co-Redemptrix?

A new episode of Sed Contra: Is Mary Co-Redemptrix? Is She Mediatrix of All Graces?

We're joined by @kevinmclarke, William Diem, @dlendman2, and @thomaesplendor. https://t.co/4RavSy3yKB

— The Sacra Doctrina Project (@sacradoctrina) April 1, 2021