Just a simple Mallard with a mallet
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18 Mar 2025
1/ Just finished. A great read demonstrating now the Carolingians took a largely neutral position regarding images, & strongly rejected the conclusions of Nicaea II. The author aptly demonstrates, much to the consternation of modern EO Apologists, that -
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Gott lebt! Und er hat sich geoffenbart in Jesus! Und der Mensch, der ohne Gott lebt, lebt schräg, verkehrt, falsch.
Pfarrer Wilhelm Busch (1897-1966)
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Jun 14
"What is the mark of a faithful soul? To be in these dispositions of full acceptance on the authority of the words [of the Scripture], not venturing to reject anything nor making additions. For, if 'all that is not of faith is sin,' as the Apostle says, and 'faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God,' then everything outside Holy Scripture, not being of faith, is sin." —
St. Basil the Great, Moralia (rule 80, ch. 22)
Today, the Church remembers the witness of St. Basil the Great.
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Jun 13
Actually a pretty good and thoughtful section from Scholastic Answers. I k ow that I’ve been in this “box” (and hope to continue to move further away from it) and that folks from all denoms & Trads are prone to this way of thinking.
Jun 12
Great short video from @WalmartThomist. He brings attention to something every content creator, and every aspiring content creator, should keep in mind more, I think: the goal should be to help your audience become genuinely smarter, not merely feel smarter.
That remains true even if, over time, your audience grows beyond what you can provide them.
youtu.be/d0yfd1RTAHs
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Jun 13
which Trad we are a part of. Here’s to everyone seeking to remove themselves from the Slop Swamp. ☧
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Exquisite design
BnF MS Latin 8878: Beatus a Liebana, Commentarius in Apocalypsin; S. Hieronymus, Commentarius in Danielem; S. Ildefonsus Toletanus, De beatae Mariae perpetua virginitate; 11th century (before 1072); France SW (Saint-Sever); f.1r @GallicaBnF
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Jun 12
Then why did St. Chrysostom urge those in his congregation (especially men) to read Scripture daily … in their homes … then proceed to utterly blast them for their excuses *not* to. i.e. Pressures of family life, job, not being a monk, etc.
This whole notion of "getting the Word of God" into the hands of the people is extremely revisionist. For one, "the people" were mostly illiterate and even if they could read, couldn't afford to buy a hand-written Bible.
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Jun 12
I’ll even be extra charitable & share the homily from an EO website.
ocanwa.org/single-post/2017/…
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Jun 10
It’s genuinely hard to take guys like Cameron seriously when he frames things in the *worst* and least charitable possible light.
Calvin: “I find parts of the canon of Ignatius inauthentic.”
Cameron: “JOHN CALVIN TRIED TO ERASE IGNATIUS FROM HISTORY!”
See the difference?
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Jun 10
Cameron can disagree w/ Calvin all he wants. Strongly even. I don’t even know where I would land on this. But instead of just disagreeing w/ Calvin on the scope of the canon of Ignatius, Cameron frames his video as if Calvin *knew* the maximal canon was authentic -
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Jun 10
- and deliberately tried to “erase Ignatius (en toto) from history … Just after Calvin praises Ignatius and affirms that they agree on many points …
Slop is stupid and exhausting
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“I can’t believe you won’t call us Christians but also all of your creeds are unbiblical & an abomination why are you being so mean spirited? Let us be a part of a religion that we reject & mock all core tenants of!”
LDSchizos really are, genuinely, very bizarre people.
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Stevia is gross.
Stevia has such a terrible aftertaste
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The LDS are more “Sola Feelz” than even most of the Charismatics that I grew up around.
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Jun 5
Theophylact of Ohrid, on Luke 22:32:
"Although for a little time thou must be shaken, yet thou hast the seeds of faith laid up within thee; although the tempting wind cast down the leaves, yet the root lives, and thy faith shall not fail."
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