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…
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 Warning Priests and bishops (clergy) are the lower orders of spiritual leadership. Saints and Sages are the uppers. Sages found religions. Saints illustrate them. And priests and bishops (clergy) administer…
The original impetus for Christianity was Buddhism, primarily Tibetan. Buddhism is an atheistic spirituality and religion. The Three Wise Men were Tibetans and Jesus spent most of his life in Tibet, Kashmir and India. When Jesus returned to Palestine, unitarian monotheism was the stochastic structure in which the message and ministry of his mission could…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. 1- Where is the Anglican Magisterium? 2- Which comes first: systematics, liturgy, scripture? 3- Does Anglican Doctrine include or need Logos Theology? What is Logos Theology? 4- Assuming that the Realism/Nominalism discussion is archetypal, how is it playing out today? 5- Is there…
Brothers, Sisters, Little Friends and Wee Bairns around St. Elsewhere, Some of you are aware that we were among the first to raise red flags at St. Thomas Episcopal Church back in 1991. Some of you are aware that we were mostly sidelined at St. Thomas Episcopal Church beginning shortly after we raised the red…
Here is a recommendation: that the idea be floated, and appropriately examined, to commend the Sanctuary of St. Thomas Church to 24-hour, 7-day perpetual vigil, lighted during the hours of darkness and staffed by volunteers and, occasionally, clergy. The rationale for this idea is known and understood, but I will detail some of its lineaments.…
There are two deaths. The first is the death of the ego. The second is the death of the body. Of these, the first is momentous and the second trivial. When people are afraid of death, they are really afraid of the first death, not the second. The first death is frightening and unusual. The…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Regarding any phenomenon, there are five questions: Who?, Why?, What?, Where? and When?. As scientists, we ask, What?, Where? and When?. As philosophers we ask, Why? and What?. As theologians or sages, we…
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 I wanted to say how very happy I am to see word of the SEAD (Scholarly Engagement in Anglican Doctrine) discussions in The Episcopal Voice. It…
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 It is all right to talk about Matthew writing this and Mark that so long as you have their autographs as the literature bearing their names. But you don’t know that…
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 There are two kinds of authority: the authority of station and the authority of experience. The authority of experience can exist without the authority of station. The authority of station cannot…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Memorandum I is here. To: Whom It May Concern From: The Rev. David R. Graham Date: October 4. 1994 Feasts of Sts. Francis of Assisi and Glenn Gould Subject: Jesus In India Within five…
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 The Catholic Churches (Roman, Greek, Anglican) are right about one very crucial matter, which is that the Christian religion is made by Christians (the churches), not by the Christ. The Christian…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. The sacrament is merely a reminder for believers. It has no soteriological efficacy on its own, as part of its own nature. If it did, this world would have been perfect ‘er now. Claims respecting a soteriological efficacy…
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 The Jewish Homeland is Kashmir. In the Bible, when heaven is mentioned, Kashmir is meant. This is invariable. The issue is suzerainty: to whom does one belong? One belongs either to…
