John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau are two of the most fascinating thinkers engaged in the deepest questions of meaning, religion and culture. In this Q&A, they cover topics like the future of Christianity, symbology & culture, and the meaning of gnosticism. https://t.co/AXZr4TfIj1
— Rebel Wisdom (@WisdomRebel) October 30, 2020
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Symbols and the Meaning Crisis
Sergius Bulgakov
The theology of Sergius Bulgakov was controversial in his own time, but in recent years he has become the source of much scholarly attention. https://t.co/0mjygtfDhc pic.twitter.com/NGuTnNBOr9
— SVS Press (@SVSPress) October 30, 2020
Temple of Saint Sergius and Bacchus
Gallery of Little Hagia Sophia Mosque/formerly Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus
— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) October 31, 2020
Photos taken earlier this week pic.twitter.com/PHGNwHf8WI
Reformation Day
Celebrate #ReformationDay by learning about the aim of spiritual life and the keys to attaining it. Follow the ancient path of Holy Orthodoxy and escape the apostasy of the West.
— Timothy Honeycutt (@AudioScribeOW) October 31, 2020
Theosis: The True Purpose of Human Life - Part I https://t.co/vNqi9GOCKr pic.twitter.com/0HXEcQE82L
Except Francis Himself is One of the Challenges to the Faith of Latins
#PopeFrancis: “Perhaps after this difficult trial, with these new challenges, with pain entering people’s homes, the faithful will be more true, more authentic. Believe me, it will be so.” #COVID19 @Adnkronos @ClaireGiangrave
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 31, 2020
https://t.co/SGVeqkxjLD
St. Alphonsus Liguori on Hope
“The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, because as they love God and know how beautiful He is . . . they find all their repose in Him alone.” - Saint Alphonsus Liguori#AllHallowsEve pic.twitter.com/9U6YhxU3of
— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) October 31, 2020
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez was a #Jesuit brother who spent years as a door-keeper. He became renowned for his hospitality and advice. @KenHomanSJ reflects that being a saint isn't just about big actions, it's about living a life of everyday love. pic.twitter.com/ydijDWyVvO
— The Jesuit Post (@TheJesuitPost) October 31, 2020
“But be the war within, the brand we wield
— Fr. David Paternostro, SJ (@DavidPaternostr) October 31, 2020
Unseen, the heroic breast not outward-steeled,
Earth hears no hurtle then from fiercest fray”
—in honor of St. (Br) Alphonsus Rordiguez, SJ pic.twitter.com/UcOghEGce6
Friday, October 30, 2020
Fratelli Tutti: Engaging Pope Francis's New Encyclical on Social Friendship
Many thanks to IHE Fellow @jennfrey for moderating an invigorating conversation between IHE Executive Director @josephecapizzi and @LC_Institute Fellow Russell Hittinger on fraternity and friendship in the Pope’s encyclical. https://t.co/TsICVFNnAY
— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) October 29, 2020
Christ Our True Light
"When we are with Christ we are in the light; and when we live in the light there is no darkness." +St. Porphyrios pic.twitter.com/pSRUZE4Fga
— Saint Porphyrios (@saintporphyrios) October 28, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Transubstantiation
“Was transubstantiation a point of controversy between east and west?”
— St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary (@stvlads) October 29, 2020
Fr David McCready, an alumnus of St. Vladimir’s, has penned a reflection on a term that “came to dominate in the west, the dread word transubstantiation.” https://t.co/hOYi9BbjMR #AlumniInMinistry pic.twitter.com/D1P2e9H0qH
Presbyter David McCready
A Collection of Writings by St. Basil the Great
This valuable work brings together major themes in Greek Patristic anthropology -- the image of God in the human being, the Fall from Paradise, and the human condition in the present life and in the age to come. Available here: https://t.co/SKBOeVmY4Y pic.twitter.com/5n2gHC8nfM
— SVS Press (@SVSPress) October 29, 2020
A Nay to the Red Hat for Fr. Cantalamessa
MSGR. X. CARDINAL CANTALAMESSA? I HOPE HE WILL NOT ACCEPT. https://t.co/wO77TwWFbw
— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) October 29, 2020
Bishop Barron's Talk to Kenrick Glennon-Seminary
Friends, I talked with students at @KenrickGlennon Seminary about the importance of academic formation for priests, and why we shouldn’t drive a wedge between the intellectual and pastoral aspects of caring for souls.
— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) October 29, 2020
Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/3fVGL9SreN
How's that seminary reform coming along?
Commemorating St. Anastasia the Roman
In the Holy Patriarchal Hermitage of St. Spyridon in #Halki a Divine Liturgy was performed on the occasion of the feast of St. Anastasia the Roman#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/H42RgfHzXW
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) October 29, 2020
Orthodox Times
More Make-Work for Roman Catholic Academics
Join us for “Towards Fraternity: Reflections on Fratelli Tulli” to critically engage the themes of the Encyclical and how they can by integrated into ordinary relationships and society at-large.
— Portsmouth Institute (@Portsmouth_Inst) October 27, 2020
More info: https://t.co/kKTLLHDojl pic.twitter.com/gVJvnEmRHh
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Thank God They Weren't Destroyed
Chora church mosaics and frescoes represent the highest achievement of the Byzantine sacral art and were painstakingly restored since 1945 by best Western experts as the images had been covered for 5 centuries by Ottoman time plaster and damaged. Now all this is hidden again. pic.twitter.com/6mHpCpomi5
— Sava Janjic (@SavaJanjic) October 28, 2020
Have We Reached the Excesses of Ecumenism Yet?
Paying tribute to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople for his contributions to the theology and spirituality of care for the environment, the Franciscan-run Pontifical University Antonianum awarded him an honorary doctorate. https://t.co/9KnYrfLezl
— Pontifical Oriental Institute (@theorientale) October 28, 2020