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Actually, we are encouraged to view the Schism from both viewpoints. I actually lost marks in an essay for not looking into the Orthodox view. I have since bought "Orthodox Theology, An Introduction" and "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church", both by Vladimir Lossky. I like the Eastern...
Orthodoxy,
your post is long and deep. Can I just say that the filioque is taken from Scripture by Augustine? The Spirit's procession from the Son comes from His being the Spirit of Jesus:
Who Jesus breathed on the face of the disciples, saying: ‘receive the Holy Spirit’...
Regarding the filioque, I think there is a misunderstanding as to what Catholics believe. St Augustine believed in it, saying that the Father is the Origin of the Godhead and that He gives the Son the capacity to bestow the Spirit in union with Him. It is not a double-source, but a double...
Orthodoxy,
I am Catholic and I don't know that much about the Orthodox Church. My understanding is that there is a difference over primacy of leadership between Catholic and Orthodox churches and that the Schism in 1054 centred around the filioque additon to the Creed, which the Orthodox saw as...
1COR 2:2 During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and only about him as the crucified Christ.
It is Christ crucified Who redeems us, so it is only right that we keep reminding ourselves of the crucifixion.
RV 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, adorned with the sun, standing on the moon, and with the twelve stars on her head for a crown.
12:5 The woman brought a male child into the world, the son who was to rule all the nations with an iron sceptre, and the child was taken straight...
Try reading "An Exorcist Tells His Story" by Gabriele Amorth if you don't believe in them.
Here is a good site on Possession and Exorcism:
http://www.fortea.us/english/index.htm
In Jesus' time possession wasn't seen as something that occurred as a result of sin, so theoretically an innocent...
Not sure what you mean by "Your conclusion is your premise." My premise is that the imagination produces arbitrary results, whereas what is part of man's nature is universal to him. I also include in my premise that afterlife beliefs are universal in pre-scientific communities. My conclusion is...
But the innate sense I believe we have of an afterlife creates a common (largely) belief in it, whereas imagination is only a tool and creates arbitrary views.
I think there is a difference between wishful thinking and what we actually believe to be true. No one would suggest that wishing to fly means there is a possibilty we can fly.
Our innate anticipation of an afterlife must go beyond our instincts, because the species doesn't depend on it. It...
It's the prospect of death that is fearful.
Like I said before, mankind doesn't generally shun those things it fears, but often elaborates on them. If we were purely physical beings, living on instinct alone, what would be the need to believe in an afterlife? Why should our "naturalistic zeal...
Have you really considered, Thinkerman, the possiblilty of annihilation? I can't bear the idea. But, is it really this fear that has inspired religion and belief in an afterlife? Is it common for men to deny something just because they fear it? My understanding is that men rather make things up...
It could, Brad, but also such a yearning for eternity could point to man's implicit anticipation of such; eternity being built into his nature. It is interesting that most (all?) of our primitive ancestors had belief in an afterlife, as if such belief is a natural part of who we are.
What I am...
I have traced any fear of death I have to a fear of annihilation. I cannot bear the thought of not existing at all. I understand that atheist Jean Paul Sartre had a similar fear, and as he moved towards old age and death he masked his despair through women and drink. Do other atheists share this...
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