RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Yesterday Dr. Sanity discussed the problem of evil in an unusual way — not for her but for professional and lay persons generally. She acknowledges that evil is a concomitant of existence. I offered a series of comments, first referring to a writer…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Alert: In May of 2015, I became aware of indications (and here, here, and here) that Liberation Theology is a disinformation active measure of the KGB … and, one presumes, its continuation under the…
The job of a theologian is to see, to grasp, to shape when possible and to describe situations and to call help to situations that need help. When help is refused by the help called or rejected by the situation it is called to, I am overwhelmed in sadness with the loss that must be…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A prophetic/theological condemnation of Koranolatry and, in the faux-Christian orbit, its analog, Bibliolatry, is required. The issue is an ancient one: idolatry, the result of the constant impulse in man to…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Union is not important generally, as I am sure everyone on site understands. It has been parochial for a narrow range of opinion, justly characterized as tendentious, even bumptious, for decades and has…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide received an offer he could not refuse. With his removal from Haiti, the last nail is in the coffin of Jesuit Liberation Theology (and here). Liberation Theology (and here) was a political ideology and movement,…
Religious Basic Training For Leadership In The Family Of God This is an offer to lead a year-long seminar at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on the subject of ecumenical theology. Details are: The purpose of this seminar is an assimilation of intellectual and moral content. Meetings are for clarification of material already digested, through recitation…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, On The Importance Of Java As Lingua Franca For Our Communications Era Section One A set of principles subsumes and causes all activities. Principles are uncaused and intrinsic. Activities are caused and extrinsic. Nature is a set of activities organized…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Talking about classical idealism. Is there any specific area of Christianity where this sort of theology is prevalent? Could you also explain the connection of metaphysics to idealism. Tillich himself is…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT He is describing the purpose of theology, and says “European theological orthodoxy,” comparable to American fundamentalism, which combines both “wrongs” of confusing the eternal truth with a current interpretation. What is…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Deposition I: Curriculum For A Theological Education Deposition II: Delusion And The Doctrine Of Original Sin Deposition III: A Festival Composition For The Feast Of The Holy Trinity D e p…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I learned five things at the Union Theological Seminary, one from each of five professors. They are: From James Sanders I learned the essential message of the Prophets … that the Giver, not…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A Christian Scientist and I were discussing the sentence, “Reason is the record of our connectivity with God.” A conflation of my side of the conversation follows. Reason is a word…
When an ordinary person wants to listen to a Brandenburg Concerto, they put on a CD. When a musician wants to listen to a Brandenburg Concerto, they leaf through the score. A musician hears far more from the score than an ordinary person hears from the CD. Likewise: When a student wants to delve into…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Dr. Hendrix, Please accept my warmest thanks for this publication, The State of Union. The form alone is lovely, and your article is gratifying to this old observer. I was on the Curriculum…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Second set of comments on a new Anglican Mass, plus, response to demand for verification of Pythagorean background of Christian theological formation. I am deeply saddened, as you must be also,…
