Last month, Chris and I attended the third meeting of Paideia at Antiochian Village, (theme: Orthodoxy Speaks to the Human Heart), enjoyed intriguing papers and energizing discussions, and met friends old and new over hors d’oeuvres and drinks in the fast-free week after Pentecost. It was wonderful, as were the first two meetings. I hadContinue reading “Paideia 2026 and My Talk on Loves in the Scriptures and Fathers”
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Light from the Readable Books 28: 4 Maccabees, God’s Reason, and the Passions
4 Maccabees, Hebrews 11, Acts 22, Revelation 12. “But why the Maccabees?” asked St. Gregory Nazianzen in an Oration given during a celebration of the martyrs (Oration 15). He went on to answer an assumption in his own day that martyrs can only be called such if they die for Christ, and so the MaccabeesContinue reading “Light from the Readable Books 28: 4 Maccabees, God’s Reason, and the Passions”
Edith M. Humphrey 