August 2011
“When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.”
– Madeleine L’Engle (via firstbreath90)
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“It’s hard to imagine how a religion steeped in so much pain and sacrifice turned...”
– Donald Miller (via sinfreed)
“The characteristic actions and activities of Christians marked them out from the...”
– N.T. Wright, The New Testament And The People of God, p. 365 (via nomoresea)
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“Jesus Christ is a particular man making possible a particular way of life that...”
– Stanley Hauerwas, Why Did Jesus Have To Die (via benghini)
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“Joy is a human being’s noblest act.”
– Thomas Aquinas
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“The question here, however, is not how we judge between orthodoxy and heresy,...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“It is love that calls us to build, and it is love that demands we tear down. It...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“What if a forgiveness that has conditions, that is wrapped up in economy, is not...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“We can approach Christianity as a grounded faith, rooted firmly in the soil of...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“Chesterton was important — as important to me in his way as C. S. Lewis had...”
– neil gaiman (via sds, funambulist-in-wonder-land)
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Reflecting The Image of God →
To be created in God’s image and to be on the journey of becoming more Godlike means that we as bodily humans in the world must act Godlike. As Kathryn Tanner wrote, “Christ forms us but what is so formed is our action.” We live in community in relation with each other. We enact what it means to be Godlike in those settings. We give to each other out of what God has given us, always working to...
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“Far from being something to condemn or discourage, the idea of fighting with God...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“The very sight of God causes delight. At the sight of God the mind can do...”
– Thomas Aquinas
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“The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.”
– Julian of Norwich
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“The incoming of God as expressed in the incarnation represents a beautiful...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“The point is that the affirmation “Jesus is Lord” is not some...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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“The truth of faith is not articulated in offering reasons for suffering, but...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic
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Catholic writers I recommend
shortbreadsh:
Invisible Foreigner asked me, “What Catholic writers should I read more of? Church fathers, theologians, modern day stuff, whatever.”
I’m still a total n00b but here are some of my recommendations:
Henri de Lubac, Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man. The thrust of his argument is that love of God and love of neighbor cannot be separated. The book is also pretty...
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“The Word is formed only when it is performed; it exists in the world only when...”
– Peter Rollins, The Orthodox Heretic 