Word Magazine June 1971 Page 9 - 11 ON THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY By John C. Trevor Professor of Religion, Baldwin-Wallace College Every world crisis since the completion of the Biblical Canon in the first and fourth centuries has provoked certain Christians to search their Bibles for any possible parallels to so-called “Biblical prophecy.” [...]
Orthodox Christianity: Nearly Two Thousand Years of Faithfulness By Father Anthony Yazge (Originally submitted to the Tribune Star for publication in the Fall of 1995) Jesus Christ established His Church on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, as recorded in chapter two of The Acts of the Apostles. Later [...]
Moses Established the Written Tradition of the Pentateuch by Richard A. Michaels In the sacred tradition of the Church, the understanding that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch is indisputable. Most obviously, one need only to review what Our Lord Himself says about Moses; the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor confirms Moses as [...]
Word Magazine January 1961 Page 10/28 IN UNAM SANCTUM By Archimandrite Elias Mastrogiannopoulos, Nostalgia for Orthodoxy Friedierich Heiler, Professor of the University of Marbur, is one of the most prominent contemporary theologians of the West. He has devoted his life to an objective and impartial study of the Orthodox Church. He has particularly dealt with [...]
THE PASTORAL LIFE IN THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH (Four Talks Given at the Spring Delegates Meeting, March 6 and 7, 2003 at St. Mary’s Basilica, Livonia, Michigan) St. Gregory The Theologian (329-389) In Defense Of His Flight to Pontus De Fuga The Second Oration Aphrahat, The Persian Sage +345 Select Demonstrations Number 10 “Of [...]
Word Magazine March 1976 Page 12 “GOD IS” Homily by Archpriest James C. Meena It seems imperative to me that we, as Christians, understand a basic fact. Though Christ gave us an overriding Commandment of love for God and for our neighbor which seems to obviate the necessity to adhere to the Commandments as they [...]
Word Magazine May 1976 Page 6-9 Bicentennial Thoughts: Eastern Orthodoxy in a Western Ethos Part I: Culture, Celebration and Expression by philotheos faros It is difficult to figure out how the prevailing assumption developed that Western cultural tradition is more refined and civilized than is the Eastern. Nevertheless, whatever the origin of this assumption might [...]
Word Magazine February 1966 Page 8-9 EASTERN ORTHODOX VERY REV. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN The National Broadcasting Company presents FAITH IN ACTION, a program designed to bring the viewpoints of those of many beliefs. In the first two programs concerned with Eastern Orthodoxy, the Very Reverend Alexander Schmemann, Dean of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, [...]
The Holy Angels An Orthodox Perspective NOVEMBER 8 Angels: Our Elder Brethren Written by St. Nicholai Velimirovic, Bishop of Zica Compiled by Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes Boise, Idaho, USA August 13th 2004 "Whom Christ loves, His angels love too." St. Nicholai of Zica (1880-+1956) Our Holy Bible starts with this sentence: In the beginning God created [...]
CRISIS AND VISION By Father James C. Meena I wish to speak of today’s Orthodox man and his problems in North America. And I wish to share with you a vision for the future. But before I speak to you of vision allow me to speak of Crisis. . . or rather a group of [...]