I believe in the gospel: the promise of the salvation of the entire cosmos, and of everything in it. I believe in freedom: that all who repent, repent freely. That no one is forced to be saved. I believe in the election of the damned and of all sinners; the predestination of Hitler and of … Continue reading The Gospel Creed
Theosis
Trip Report: Beauty and Heavenly Bliss, Dark Psychosis and Insanity
Christ Failed - Temptations in the Wilderness Location: Sydney, Australia My new flatmate L was playing his first Gig at a cool bar on Glebe point road (Red bar). I was keen to turn up and show some support. On a couple of previous occasions, I had 1. Microdosed a 10th of a tab and … Continue reading Trip Report: Beauty and Heavenly Bliss, Dark Psychosis and Insanity
Ecumenical Solutions
I recently came to a syncretic and synthetic understanding of how all the various disparate religious doctrines concerning God can be reconciled. With the aid of two diagrams lets walk through them. To the Nestorian controversy Nestorianism is correct All of us (including Jesus) are distinct from the divine logos by identity. Orthodoxy is correct … Continue reading Ecumenical Solutions
Venerate by your Hands; Worship in your Heart
Catholics cop a lot of crap from fundamentalists for having statues in their churches. Even more damnable in the eyes of these heathen Protestants is the fact that Catholics bow down to the statues and some Catholics even go so far as kissing them. This seems like clear and undeniable evidence that Catholics disregard and stand in … Continue reading Venerate by your Hands; Worship in your Heart
5 Rules For Life
A little over a week ago I tried cocaine for the first time, and for the first time my eyes were opened to the pure horror, brutal darkness and irrational terror of narcotics. During the night of the experience, I was kept awake, tossing and turning, reassessing my life and thinking over my views and … Continue reading 5 Rules For Life
Simplicity and Trinitarianism
In the previous post, we saw how pure reason, unaided by revelation, is able to arrive at an understanding of God which approximates the classical Christian presentation of the Trinity. In that article I used the words "Father", "Son" and "Spirit" to refer to the three hypostases out of habit, however this was something of … Continue reading Simplicity and Trinitarianism
A Universalist Catholic Account Of The Last Things
I affirm the dogmatic, three-fold, Catholic eschatological division of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. However I understand these three realities in ways that are different to the standard presentation, and I also propose a fourth realm which I'm not sure what to call, but will tentatively refer to as Teleoeschaton. Finally, there is also a state … Continue reading A Universalist Catholic Account Of The Last Things
The Abolition of Hell
He who understands the gospel will never fall from the state of grace - no matter what sins he commits - because to understand the gospel is to experience perfect contrition, and perfect contrition is the abolition of Hell. If you are unable to detect perfect contrition within yourself, you have not yet understood the … Continue reading The Abolition of Hell
Mariology and the Implications of Theosis
God Became Man so that Man Might Become God Salvation in the east is conceptualised in terms of theosis. In the west this concept is often referred to by the term "divinization", but it is eastern Christendom which has most fully developed the idea. Theosis is neatly summed up by a couplet attributed to many … Continue reading Mariology and the Implications of Theosis
Holy Saturday and the Unquenchable Love of the Latter Day Saints
Thought experiment: You go to heaven but your family goes to Hell. How do you feel? Option 1, The "traditional" option: Nothing can subtract from the joy of heaven, so you experience a sadistic pleasure as you watch your family burn. You rejoice at God's justice and glory, crying tears of ecstatic joy as you … Continue reading Holy Saturday and the Unquenchable Love of the Latter Day Saints
