Third Sunday in Easter

‘If the Cross radically puts an end to all worldly aesthetics, then precisely this end marks the decisive emergence of the divine aesthetic, but in saying this we must not forget that even worldly aesthetics cannot exclude the element of the ugly, of the tragically fragmented, of the demonic, but must come to terms with [...]

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Fourth Sunday in Advent

‘We preach not one coming only of Jesus Christ, but a second also, far more glorious than the first. The first revealed the meaning of his patient endurance; the second brings with it the crown of the divine kingdom.’

- Cyril of Jerusalem

‘In the Son’s parousia there takes place the parousia of the Father, which is [...]

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On the analogia entis

Jonathan and I have begun to read together the seminal work of Radical Orthodoxy, John Milbank’s Theology and Social Theory.  We’ve decided to interact via dueling blog posts; he posted the first last week and I’ll soon be posting my response on his blog (as well as copying his post and my response here).  At [...]

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

‘The human dimensions of the Old Testament are to be duly appreciated, but it is supremely important that we understand in faith the Old Testament’s claim that God is its primary author. If we do, we will see the Old Testament as more than an anthology of various types of literature produced by a [...]

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