Teaches religion at the college level and is a teaching member of the Saint John the Theologian Institute in Brussels.
St. John of Damascus, in his Defense of the Holy Icons, mentioned resemblance in the sense of resemblance to the prototype. His main goal was t show that veneration of icons is not a form of idolatry, and to do so, he emphasized the importance of the likeness between the represented person (the prototype) and the icon, distinguishing it from the identity of nature…
According to the creation narrative in Genesis, God intended that Man be king of creation; humankind was to reign over other creatures (Gn. 1:28) and name them (Gn. 2:19). This central role accorded to mankind was developed by the early Church fathers, especially St. Maximus the Confessor. Through deification, humans should unify and raise all[…..]
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Datalore” (1988), the android Data proves to have an evil twin, Lore, who tries to bring humanity under his power. Data, on the other hand, is represented as an intelligent, candid, idealized man, acting only altruistically, always striving to improve his humanity. At the end of the[…..]
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Since the release of the first novel in 1997, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has met with controversy in the Christian world, the Orthodox sphere included. Its critics oppose what they regard as an anti-Christian encouragement of magic. Its defenders stress the moral themes in the books, and highlight various resonances with the gospel.
