“Why Have You Forsaken Me” Orthodox Patristic View of Psalm 22

The Lord’s utterance upon the cross—“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”) recorded in…

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Christus Victor & Orthodox Atonement: Deconstructing the Myth

The “Christus Victor” Myth: How a Lutheran Theory Became The Supposed “Orthodox” View of Atonement In many contemporary Eastern Orthodox…

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Christus Victor & Orthodox Atonement: Deconstructing the Myth

The “Christus Victor” Myth: How a Lutheran Theory Became The Supposed “Orthodox” View of Atonement In many contemporary Eastern Orthodox…

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Refuting Reductionism: An Orthodox Critique of Fr. Paul Guirgis’s Lecture

Introduction: Theological Context and Problem Statement This article provides a detailed dogmatic and patristic critique of a lecture delivered by…

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Problems With Leo’s Tome: the Schism of 451 AD – A Miaphysite Perspective

The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) is remembered above all for the highly controversial reception and enforcement of Pope Leo…

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Theosis in the Early Church Fathers and the Coptic Orthodox Tradition

A Brief, Patristic Definition of Theosis In the early Church, theosis meant something very simple and deeply biblical: salvation is…

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