Guide me in a right path
Most of us desire to be guided by God. We do not want to wander aimlessly through life, or make wrong choices. But it is very easy to find ourselves…
Who is the Church for?
Who is the Church for? The answer to this question depends to a great deal on another. What is the Church for? When I was a member of an Evangelical…
The Miracle of St Euphemia
Sometimes it is necessary to go beyond theological discussion and consider the hagiographical matrix which develops to support our interpretations. What do I mean? It is that often those who…
Consequences of Adam’s Sin – St Severus
When we study any aspect of Theology or the Scriptures, we need to be sure that we are not simplifying or misrepresenting what we read so that it fits neatly…
The Oriental Orthodox Rejection of Chalcedon
The Oriental Orthodox are routinely accused of holding an heretical and Eutychianist Christology, and on that basis rejecting the Council of Chalcedon. Yet the evidence, from the time of Chalcedon,…
Suffer the little children!
Sometimes we think that is what is required of us. That we need to suffer the noise and fidgeting and inconvenience of having little children in the Liturgy with us.…
Orthodox Christianity – Good News
I am going to produce some draft copies of a small little 24pp A6 booklet to introduce the very basics of the Gospel. I’d be interested in comments. This is…
A forgotten Coptic Saint – St Timothy the Great
There are few of the Fathers of the Oriental Orthodox communion who escape uncritical censure on the part of the Eastern Orthodox. Uncritical because based on a few polemical comments…
Understanding Orthodoxy – Bishops
From the earliest years of the Church the role of bishop, or episkopos, has developed as a means of preserving the ministry of the Apostles into the more settled situation…
Infant Baptism?
I was recently asked how our Orthodox Church might be able to defend the practice of infant baptism when it does not appear to be taught in the Bible. This…