The news that matter in Europe
The news that matter in Europe
By prof. A. P. Lopukhin
Acts of the Apostles, chapter 6. 1 – 6. The first Christian deacons. 7 – 15. St. Archdeacon Stephen.
Acts 6:1. In those days, when the disciples were multiplying, a murmur arose among the Hellenists against the Jews, because their widows were not looked after…
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By Prince Evgeny Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
By asserting the unlimited autonomy of subjective religious experience, Berdyaev attacks Fr. Florensky precisely for his aspiration to subordinate this experience to some objective beginning; in other words, for the fact that he invests in the belief a…
By Prince Evgeny Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
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The stamp of the truly religious spirit and, in particular, of the folk-Russian religious genius Fr. Florensky sees “not in the cutting off, but in the transformation of the fullness of being” (p. 772), and we cannot but agree with the…
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By Prince Evgeny Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
On the occasion of the book by candle. P. A. Florensky “Pillar and Support of Truth” (Moscow: “Put”, 1914)
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In the Gospel there is a wonderful image, personifying the unceasing division in the earthly life of mankind. On Mount Tabor, the…
By prof. A. P. Lopukhin
John, chapter 19. 1 – 16. Christ before Pilate. 17 – 29. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 30 – 42. The death and burial of Jesus Christ.
19:1. Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
19:2. And the soldiers, having woven a crown of thorns, put it on His…
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By prof. A. P. Lopukhin
19:25. At Jesus’ cross stood His mother and His mother’s sister, Maria Cleopova, and Mary Magdalene.
For Maria Magdalena and Maria Kleopova, see the interpretation to Matt. 20:20; Luke 8:2, 24:18. Here the evangelist paints us another picture, which is in sharp…
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By prof. A.P. Lopukhin
Chapter 16. 1 – 13. The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward. 14 – 31. The Parable of the Rich Man and the Poor Lazarus.
Luke 16:1. And he said to his disciples: a certain man was rich and had a steward, about whom it was brought to him that he squandered his…
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By St. Athanasius of Alexandria
Chapter 1
Antony was an Egyptian by birth, of noble and quite wealthy parents. And they themselves were Christians and he was brought up in a Christian way. And while he was a child, he was brought up by his parents, knowing nothing but them and their…