Tag: Augustine
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Filioquism in Palamas, Aquinas & Augustine – Jay Dyer
A reply to various so-called Orthodox and Roman Catholic apologist attempts to reply to my essay. Ultimately these attempts fail because they do not understand hypostatic properties and the orthodox distinctions of will, nature, person and operation. As a result, both faux “Orthodox” and Roman Catholics congeal into a mass lump of heretical perennialism, as…
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The Western Loss of Theophanies, Descent & Recapitulation of Christ
By: Jay Dyer “Thy mystery of the incarnation of the Word bears the power of all hidden meanings and figures of Scripture as well as the knowledge of visible and intelligible creatures. The one who knows the mystery of the cross and the tomb knows the reason of things. And the one who has been…
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Filioquism is Arian Subordinationism Applied to the Spirit
By: Jay Dyer Recently reviewing some old Roman Catholic dogmatic manuals and catechisms, a strange position stood out to me which I had not previously seen. I have long been familiar with Augustine’s speculations about the Trinity and the Inter-Trinitarian relations based on the faulty analogy of human psychology and physiology, but as for their…
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Analogy of Being, Atheism & the Logoi: Romanides Refuted
By: Jay Dyer “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” -Romans 1:20 Almost a decade ago I was confronted with a challenge to my Augustinian and Thomistic presuppositions.…
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How the West Became Atheist
How did the West’s centuries-long journey from the Christian faith rooted in the tradition of the Church slide into atheism and outright theomachy, the war against God? In my twenties, I was completely invested in the fortified religio-philosophical system known as Thomism. Catholicism was an unassailable castle of argumentation that was impervious to any skeptical challenger that might bombard…
The Soul of the East 