Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Sayings Emmanuel Kant ~ three formulations of the Categorical Imperative (Ethics and others as a means to something else)

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  “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” ( Ibid.,  422) “Act as th...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Sayings Hippocrates ~ "To help, or at least do no harm"

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     As to diseases,  make a habit of two things —to  help, or at least to do no harm . I swear by Apollo the physician, by Asclepius, by H...

Hippocratic Oath

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  The Hippocratic Oath divides into two parts—the oath and the covenant. In the oath, the physician swears (to a list of pagan gods) his all...

Commemorated on December 17 ~ Venerable Dionysius of Aegina "Forgiveness"

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  Venerable Dionysius of Aegina Commemorated on  December 17 Troparion & Kontakion Saint Dionysius of Zakynthos, the Bishop of Aegina wa...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Sayings on quarrelsome influences ~ Saint Isaac the Syrian

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      Do not pass through the streets of the hot-tempered and quarrelsome, lest your heart be filled with anger, and the darkness of delusio...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Genesis means what it says ~ Saint Basil The Great

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  Genesis means what it says: Basil (AD 329–379) Some accuse creationists of taking an excessively literal view of Scripture, particularly G...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Sexuality and Gender: Response to “Orthodoxy in Dialogue” Open Letter ~ Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

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  O n September 24, 2018, the “Orthodoxy in Dialogue” website published  an open letter  to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of th...