Word Magazine March 1960 Page 9/17 OLD FASHIONED RELIGION AND OUR MODERN WORLD By Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi The twentieth century has seen more inventions and scientific research than any other period in history. These scientific endeavors have occasioned changes in our mode of living and sharpened our appetites for greater advances in such [...]
Word Magazine April 1963 Page 11 RELIGION AND SCIENCE By John L. Boojamra Can a scientist believe in God? This is a question which is often asked today. The scientist in Western culture and particularly in America is regarded with a certain amount of awe. We tend to ascribe to him and to his class [...]
This article first appeared in the Adbook for the 1996 Midwest Region Parish Life Conference hosted by St. Elias Orthodox Church in Sylvania, OH On Unity and Unity of Faith by Archimandrite Nicholas E. Pissare The question of unity of faith in the context of the Christian church is difficult to understand, especially in American [...]
The Word Magazine March 1998 Page 14-15 ONE BODY, ONE LORD BY FR. SAMUEL SEBRING Here in the Southeastern part of the United States those of us within the Holy Orthodox Christian Church find ourselves facing a dilemma that can pose much confusion to the faithful. This situation strikes at the very heart of order [...]
Word Magazine May 1989 Page 7-8 Sex, Pornography, and the Media by Father Paul 0 ‘Callaghan Several years ago, U.S. News and World Report magazine surveyed 500 leading businessmen, government officials, and professionals as to what was the most influential force in America. Television came in first. I think they were right. I believe that [...]
Word Magazine April 1999 Page 23-25 ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY AND THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT “ONE PERSON’S VIEW” By Very Rev. Olof H. Scott ec-u-men-i-cal, adj. 1. general; universal. 2. Pertaining to the whole Christian church. 3. promoting or fostering Christian unity throughout the world. 4. of or pertaining to a movement (e c u m e n [...]
From the Again Magazine - Volume 18, Number 3 – September, 1995 Page 4-7 Signs, Wonders, & Angelic Visitations By Deacon R. Thomas Zell We find insufficient evidence for belief in the existence of a supernatural; it is either meaningless or irrelevant to the question of survival and fulfillment of the human race. As non-theists, [...]
This article first appeared in the Adbook for the 1996 Midwest Region Parish Life Conference hosted by St. Elias Orthodox Church in Sylvania, OH Orthodox Cooperation on the Local Level: What Unites Us by Fr. Daniel J. Keller When Bishop Demetri asked for my thoughts on Orthodox cooperation on the local level, I immediately recalled [...]
Again Magazine March 1993 Page 8 – 9 SINCE GOD DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES: Women’s “Ordination” Denies The Incarnation By Sheldon Vanauken The case for the “ordination” of women to the sacramental priesthood is very appealing. It appeals to our sense of fair play, of simple justice. Women have, in fact, suffered grave injustice: why is [...]