St Severus and Julian of Halicarnassus – Part 2
The First Letter of St Severus to Julian of Halicarnassus Of the Patriarch, to the same Julian. From the instant when I received the letter of your Holiness, I rejoiced,…
St Severus and Julian of Halicarnassus – Part 1
There is an extensive collection of texts between Julian and St Severus which describe the controversy caused by Julian’s view that the humanity of Christ was immortal and incorruptible. This…
The Church and the churches – Part 1
I first started writing something with this title more than 30 years ago. It has often been on my mind. Indeed, as soon as I started learning about the early…
Technophobia!
I am not afraid of technology. I just wanted to get that sorted out right at the beginning. My last job, before I was ordained a priest, was IT Manager…
Orthodoxy and Protestantism IX – Do we need the Church?
The idea that Christians do not need the Church and can find spiritual life and sure guidance without membership of any organised community of believers is a very recent but…
Sin, Death and the Fall
I would like to consider the dogmatic aspects of Sin, Death and the Fall which are the basis of man’s estrangement from God, and the cause of our needing a…
Orthodoxy and Protestantism VIII – Evangelical Baptism
You are becoming attracted and even convinced by the teachings and practices of the Orthodox Church as far as you understand them. It seems as though the next step is…
Orthodox and Protestantism VII – Penal Substitution
It seems to me, from my study of St Cyril and St Severus (which I am not suggesting is comprehensive), that the Anselmian notion of Penal Substitution is very far…
Orthodoxy and Protestantism VI – The Pope Responds
Patriarchal Bull issued by Pope Demetrius II (Translated from the Arabic – by Gulian Lansing) From Demetrius, the servant of Jesus Christ, called by the high grace of God, Patriarch…
Orthodoxy and Protestantism V – The Response in Egypt
In the first paper in this series we have established that the early Protestant missions held a negative view of the life and spirituality of the Coptic Orthodox Church in…