Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386) [taken from his “Catechetical Lectures” Lecture II] “A fearful thing is sin, and the sorest disease of the soul is transgression, secretly cutting its sinews of the soul, and becoming also the cause of eternal fire. Sin is an evil of man’s own choosing, an offspring of free […]
Sin, Evil, and Providence
Much of the energy of patristic reflections upon providence focused on how to relate the claims of providence to the harsh presence of evil and suffering in this world that God has ordered. The crucial question as it presented itself to the church fathers was, How can evil and suffering be compatible with the caring […]
Salvation by Grace
John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) Romans 11:5-6 NIV “So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. (6) And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.” “He again springs upon the disputatiousness of the Jews, in what has just been […]
Priestesses in the Church
by C.S. Lewis [Originally published under the title “Notes on the Way,” in Time and Tide, Vol. XXIX (August 14, 1948), it was subsequently reprinted with the above title in the posthumous God in the Dock book, published by Wiilliam B. Erdmanns, Grand Rapids, MI] [My, how times have changed] “I should like Balls infinitely […]