Tag: heresy
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Theosis is the Gospel: Direct Knowledge of God – Jay Dyer
For us there are no dialectics: creation is not set against divine energy and presence, but is in fact its intended telos. God thus manifests His uncreated glory in time and space and in multitudes of created forms: upon this hangs the reality of the Gospel and the reality of the Incarnation as a deification…
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Revelation, Inspiration & Modern Marcionites – Jay Dyer
By: Jay Dyer The doctrine of the revelation of God in terms of Scripture is not as confusing as difficult as many have made it. Since the argument for Scripture as revealed and authoritative as the written element of Orthodoxy (along with Oral Tradition and the Tradition of the Church as embodied in the liturgy…
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A Biblical Philosophy of History & Daniel Predicting Christmas – Jay Dyer (Half)
Many requested a companion talk to the Daniel article. Here, we investigate how we have a unique philosophy of history and how evangelicalism is incorrect. Many prophetic texts are already fulfilled and specifically referred to the time of the First Advent of Christ and the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. In the second…
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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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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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Biblical Defense of Icons
By: Jay Dyer The standard charge of classical Protestantism is that Orthodoxy is “idolatrous” because of the tradition of reverencing icons, images, relics and shrines. If Orthodoxy thought these sacramental conduits of grace were magical idols, that would be a valid charge. In fact, as I have argued with both Islamic and Jewish thinkers, what…
The Soul of the East 