Fr. Panayiotis on the Date of Christmas

"The Date of Christmas" by Father Panayiotis, Ph.D.https://t.co/fjtaOCanFT
“Christ was made man that we might be made God.”
― Athanasius of Alexandria pic.twitter.com/5HTGiDhvCg

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 22, 2020

A Reflection by Fr. Alexander Schmemann on the Nativity of Our Lord

The Divine Child - A Reflection from Alexander Schmemann | Christ said “become like children” (Mt 18:3). What does this mean? What are adults missing, or better, what has been choked, drowned or deafened by a thick layer of adulthood? https://t.co/9mL2JwNBMs pic.twitter.com/GR0pCMXEEe

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) December 23, 2020

Eternal Memory

Memory eternal to Bishop Ruben, who was also Apostolic Administrator of the Greek Catholic Exarchate of Constantinople. https://t.co/ieenl0HIo6

— St. Michael's (@NYCRusCath) December 23, 2020

Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution by Daniel W. Houck

I have just finished reading this, by @DanielWHouck. It is terrific. Here is a work on theology and science that is as thoroughly grounded in one as it is in the other, which is by no means universally true of writing in the field. @CambridgeUP @CUPBookshop pic.twitter.com/aHAm8hxlQ3

— Andrew Davison (@AP_Davison) December 22, 2020

Cambridge University Press

Social Justice

94—Understanding Postmodern “Social Justice”—Darel Paul | Catholic Culture https://t.co/n9GfjTbuSp

— James Matthew Wilson (@JMWSPT) December 22, 2020

94—Understanding Postmodern “Social Justice”—Darel Paul | Catholic Culture https://t.co/n9GfjTbuSp

— James Matthew Wilson (@JMWSPT) December 22, 2020

Latin Kabbalah Revisited

Important piece by Andrew Kuiper. Increasingly we realise, as Balthasar already did, that the deployment of Kabbalah by Giles of Viterbo etc was perfectly orthodox. We need to return to Catholic Renaissance theology which now matters more than Reformation or Counter Reformation. https://t.co/MOvjX8qDNP

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) December 20, 2020

Join us on Tuesday, December 22 at 8:00 pm for a Zoom conversation featuring @biillyb and @matthewwalther in conversation with @Chris_arnade, @mk_skehan, and Andrew Kuiper.https://t.co/bICOdXvWgH

Meeting ID: 927 8521 1121
Passcode: 931358

— The Lamp (@thelampmagazine) December 20, 2020

Related:

Sharing this essay from our @ChurchLifeND in advance of #AllSoulsDay tomorrow: "Tracing Ghosts in the Theological Tradition" by Andrew Kuiper. https://t.co/Sjk5BQu3uH

— McGrath Institute (@McGrathND) November 1, 2020

St. Nicholas "the Shot"

Unique icon of St. Nicholas “the Shot” blessed in Moscowhttps://t.co/aQkF93blmZ

The peculiarity of this icon of St. Nicholas is that a flattened bullet is inserted into it. pic.twitter.com/AMaWQ82ofr

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 22, 2020

Leonardo Boff

“Boff proposes an ecclesial revolution that would lead to the end of the Catholic Church as we have known it for two thousand years and to the emergence of a new Church…basically a human institution that can be changed at will.” https://t.co/LNjcnGUX6F

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) December 18, 2020

Anniversary of Religiosam Vitam

22 Dec 1216: Honorius III issues the papal bull Religiosam Vitam, establishing the #Dominican order #otd pic.twitter.com/PMIGZDBlsc

— John McCafferty (@jdmccafferty) December 22, 2020

The Dominican Order turns 804 years #OTD. A number of years ago I had a chance to see the papal bull (Religiosam vitam) of 22 Dec 1216 by Honorius III approving Dominic's community. The papal seal is still intact and the document is in very good shape at the library in Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/SJChNFu0GC

— Gregory Schnakenberg (@GSchnakenberg) December 22, 2020

Happy 804th Birthday Dominicans!

Leandro da Ponte, "Pope Honorius III Receives the Rule of Dominic, December 22, 1216" (Venezia, St Giovanni e Paulo) pic.twitter.com/dEaHRJQXGH

— Professor Pecknold (@ccpecknold) December 22, 2020

A Crisis That Has Nothing to Do With Him, Obviously

#PopeFrancis Urges Roman Curia to Confront the ‘Ecclesial Crisis’ https://t.co/JJPsLgSbFq @cnalive

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) December 21, 2020

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It is like ecclesiastical gaslighting; a system that demasculates the priest, and hallows his authority, since he is always fearful of exercising his priesthood in a way the bishop doesn't like. https://t.co/gzPXuNCKjv

— Ryan Grant 🚬⛪🥃 statism is evil (@chesterbelloc3) December 21, 2020

William Byrd, "Rorate caeli"

Here is Rorate caeli by William Byrd. We performed this piece as part of a series of short recitals for the season of Advent, recorded at Boxgrove Priory.https://t.co/ipqrt22x8G#AdventSessions

— The Gesualdo Six (@TheGesualdoSix) December 20, 2020

Western Notion of Sacrifice

‘The Christian is required to use the whole of his existence as sacramental material; offer it and consecrate it at every point, so that it may contribute to the Glory of God’. (Worship)

— Evelyn Underhill (@underhill_eve) December 20, 2020

Last But Not Least?

Never noticed before that the last line in the Creed of the 4th Lateran Council (1215) speaks of married persons:

"For not only virgins and the continent but also married persons find favor with God by right faith and good actions and deserve to attain to eternal blessedness."

— Gregory Schnakenberg (@GSchnakenberg) December 20, 2020

A Precious English Psalter

Indeed an amazing treasure at the @ParkerLibrary at Corpus Christi College Cambridge. You wouldn't want to touch it with your fingers, but if you want to "thumb through" the manscript virtually, here is the link:https://t.co/mmy8mgsEzG https://t.co/iBC1pPfNUa

— Fr Timothy Finigan (@FatherTF) December 20, 2020

Metropolitan Tikhon's Nativity Message

Metropolitan Tikhon’s 2020 Nativity Message now available https://t.co/htREopRF48 #nativity #metropolitantikhon #oca pic.twitter.com/4ueFxoMefS

— Orthodox Church OCA (@ocaorg) December 19, 2020

The Source of the Tweet May be Probelmatic

But the thesis on"Western Church history" is interesting. Is St. Augustine the primary Latin source for its "ontology of Holy Orders"? And is Latin "theology of the priesthood" based upon St. Augustine solely, or are there other Latin fathers who are sources for it?

Cassian bought the mystical theology of the Egyptian Desert as described by Evagrius of Pontus to southern France. He adapted this desert mysticism to appeal to Latin Europeans. Reforming old monasteries and building new ones. Thus beginning the Gothic revolution. pic.twitter.com/oURBEgWWGs

— OZAbbey (@9AbbeyOZ) December 19, 2020

Cassian's master was Evagrius of Pontus d399CE. Over 15 years Evagrius had interviewed & documented the greatest of the Egyptian-desert mystics. He was meticulous & thorough. A brilliant psychologist. He cataloged 9 Logosmoi, which became Cassian's 8 passions & Gregory's 7 vices. pic.twitter.com/wIMQ8EHrI3

— OZAbbey (@9AbbeyOZ) December 19, 2020

Related:

John Cassian and Augustine on Peter and on the pope via /r/Christianity https://t.co/bLf6gJXSqX

— reddit_christianity (@rd_christianity) March 13, 2018

The Fundamentals of [Roman] Catholicism

or Latin Christianity...

Reacquaint yourself with the fundamentals of the Catholic faith in our NEW "Introduction to Catholicism" STEP online theology course. Ft. instruction from @leodelo2, @jessfkeating, @jrmcmanaway, & @timothypomalley. Need we say more? https://t.co/lkgpQWX9ND

— McGrath Institute (@McGrathND) December 19, 2020

Michael Matt Interviews Bishop Schneider

A little militant hope for 2021. Check out my new interview of Bishop Athanasius Schneider. https://t.co/ijhN08HXh4 via @YouTube

— Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) December 19, 2020

Nativity Letter from the Ukrainian Major Archbishop

https://t.co/7s8QIjSVwg

— Edmonton Eparchy (@EdmontonEparchy) December 16, 2020

Martyr Boniface of Tarsus and Righteous Aglaia

The lives of these two saints are eloquent proof that salvation is possible through the sacrament of repentance and confession#orthodox_times

https://t.co/soX9zJOdmk

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) December 19, 2020