Ancient Christian Witness

Dan, over at "Arminian Chronicles" talks about the three views of Compatibilism. He is in a long dialogue with the Calvinistic Turretinfan.




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Over at Orrologion 's blog he posted something about Salvation, in regards to the translation of two syriac words.

Perhaps one of the most succinct of all ways of describing
how salvation comes about is to be found encapsulated in just two words in
Syriac (rather more in translation!): "He put us on, and we put Him on (labshan
wa-lbeshnayhy)," where the first element refers to the Incarnation and the
second to baptism.

The use of the first plural suffix us, our, occurs in
a number of other phrases, too, and serves to emphasize that the Incarnation is
not just an event of the past but that it involves us in the present. Thus, the
Divine Word puts on, not just the body, but also our body, our humanity, the
body of our humanity, our likeness, our nature, our image, our form, our
race.

To see the whole post, go to Orrologion's blog:
http://orrologion.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-salvation-happened-he-put-us-on-and.html




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In the podcast Speaking the truth in Love Ft. Thomas Hopko explains the two ways the Holy Trinity are depicted in icons.

He also talks about what happened latter in time in how it was westernized, and what the Orthodox did in responce. It's a bit complex, historically, the Father and Holy Spirit can not be depicted in icons because they never became "incarnate". So only the "Son" is dipicted, but according to this podcast. It seems a bit more complex than that.



The mp3:
http://audio.ancientfaith.com/hopko/stt_2008-07-06_pc.mp3






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Lord willing I will write a refutation to a couple C.D.'s that Bercot did on the issue of "apostolic succession". I just told a couple members of an Earlychurch yahoo group that I plan on doing it a few years from now.


Apostolic Succession was one of the reasons why I stopped following Bercot back in 2003. He changed his mind on the issue, and eventually he reverted back to a form of Anabaptism. His fellowship in Tyler Texas fell apart and now he lives in the middle of Pennsylvania.

But this is an issue I really would like to discuss a few years from now. I have other things on my plate that must get done first.





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A former Calvinist becomes Eastern Orthodox. In the podcast "The Illumined Heart Podcast" Kevin interviews Robert Meyering.



From the website:
"Kevin interviews Robert Meyering, the former moderator of the Calvin Forum, now Orthodox Christian"


The mp3:
http://audio.ancientfaith.com/illuminedheart/ih_2008-07-05.mp3



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I plan on adding two more people to my "Roman Catholic and Protestant defenders of free will, incompatibilism & cooperating grace" link section.

They are:

1.) The Roman catholic order of "Cistercians". They were formed around the year 1098 A.D. I already have Bernard of Clairvaux on the list. But I'm wondering if they had any more theologians of the same stripe. Some months ago, a modern cisterian monk told me that my views about the fall of man, grace, faith, and free will were very similar to the view of his order. I asked him to send me some resources about the issue.



2.) The Anabaptist (radical protestant reformers) theologian Balthasar Hubmaier who lived from 1480 A.D. to 1528 A.D. It is said that he championed "the libertarian freedom of the will".

So if anyone knows anything about the Cistercian order or of the Anabaptist theologian Balthasar Hubmaier in regards to the issue of free will, predestination, and grace. Please feel free to inform me.




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The 5th Lesson in the "introduction to the Bible series" from the podcast "seach the scriptures" is now up on Ancient Faith Radio.

As seen from the website:
"As Jeannie continues her series on the Introduction to the Bible, she begins a 3 part subset on Bible manuscripts."



The mp3:
http://audio.ancientfaith.com/searchthescriptures/sts_2008-07-05.mp3






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As seen from the website "Speaking the Truth in Love"


"Fr. Thomas examines the Holy Trinity, which leads to the answer to Christ's question, "Who do you say I am?"


The mp3:
http://audio.ancientfaith.com/hopko/stt_2008-07-03_pc.mp3






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From the podcast "Voices From St Vladimir’s Seminary"

As seen from the website:

"In this debut episode, Fr. Chad has a fascinating discussion with Bishop Hilarion about ecumenical dialogs between Anglicans, Catholics and Orthodox."


The mp3:
http://audio.ancientfaith.com/svots/vsv01_hilarion.mp3





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