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[Fabio Leite]

If the person likes the subject, the few times saints and theologians talk about forms of government, they are always praising monarchy as the par excellence Christian form of government.

I'm not a big fan of monarchy, and even believe the Bible is clear in its stand against it, but we can't get past the fact that there is a consistent assessment of it as ideal.

 

[Cyrillic]

Has TheTris' employer blocked OC.net? He hasn't posted for a long, long while.

 

[Alpo]

He hasn't posted for a long, long while.

Wisdom! Let us attend!

 

[PeterTheAleut]

Skydiving without a parachute is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

 

[Ansgar]

So, I visited the university library today and discovered that it actually has an impressive collection of early christian litterature. They have the works of St. Augustine, the letters of St. Basil the Great, the Church Fathers, the Philokalia and much more. I also found several shelves dedicated to eastern christianity. 

 

[genesisone]

My chimney is crumbling. Just hired a mason to rebuild it. There goes my income tax refund  .

 

[Cyrillic]

So, I visited the university library today and discovered that it actually has an impressive collection of early christian litterature. They have the works of St. Augustine, the letters of St. Basil the Great, the Church Fathers, the Philokalia and much more. I also found several shelves dedicated to eastern christianity.

Mine has almost everything, even weird Syriac fathers nobody ever heard about.  Hipster patristics, if you will.

 

[Ansgar]

So, I visited the university library today and discovered that it actually has an impressive collection of early christian litterature. They have the works of St. Augustine, the letters of St. Basil the Great, the Church Fathers, the Philokalia and much more. I also found several shelves dedicated to eastern christianity.

Mine has almost everything, even weird Syriac fathers nobody ever heard about.  Hipster patristics, if you will.

I just find it nice to be able read actual books instead of always using the internet.

 

[Mor Ephrem]

So, I visited the university library today and discovered that it actually has an impressive collection of early christian litterature. They have the works of St. Augustine, the letters of St. Basil the Great, the Church Fathers, the Philokalia and much more. I also found several shelves dedicated to eastern christianity.

Mine has almost everything, even weird Syriac fathers nobody ever heard about.  Hipster patristics, if you will.

I just find it nice to be able read actual books instead of always using the internet.

+100

 

[TheTrisagion]

Has TheTris' employer blocked OC.net? He hasn't posted for a long, long while.

My company got hit with a bunch of malware, so they severely restricted our internet. I can get on through my tablet or my iphone, but it is painful to try to post through those.

#firstworldproblems

 

[Alpo]

So, I visited the university library today and discovered that it actually has an impressive collection of early christian litterature. They have the works of St. Augustine, the letters of St. Basil the Great, the Church Fathers, the Philokalia and much more. I also found several shelves dedicated to eastern christianity.

Mine has almost everything, even weird Syriac fathers nobody ever heard about.  Hipster patristics, if you will.

In what language? For some reason I having this idea that there's lots of patristics available if you happen to read French. Which I don't. Me sad.

 

[Cyrillic]

So, I visited the university library today and discovered that it actually has an impressive collection of early christian litterature. They have the works of St. Augustine, the letters of St. Basil the Great, the Church Fathers, the Philokalia and much more. I also found several shelves dedicated to eastern christianity.

Mine has almost everything, even weird Syriac fathers nobody ever heard about.  Hipster patristics, if you will.

In what language? For some reason I having this idea that there's lots of patristics available if you happen to read French. Which I don't. Me sad.

Syriac-French.

Most of the Syriac translations are in French, so that sucks for you.

 

[Alpo]

Oh well. We have a hieromonk-linguist around here who likes to translate hipster patristics into Finnish. Could be worse.

 

[Cyrillic]

the letters of St. Basil the Great

The Loeb edition, I suppose?

Loebs make things a lot easier for the non-classicist profanum vulgus.

 

[Ansgar]

the letters of St. Basil the Great

The Loeb edition, I suppose?

Loebs make things a lot easier for the non-classicist profanum vulgus.

I actually can't remember. I'll have to check and come back to you.

 

[Jonathan Gress]

the letters of St. Basil the Great

The Loeb edition, I suppose?

Loebs make things a lot easier for the non-classicist profanum vulgus.

Only because the vulgus is now literate, unlike in Horace's day.

 

[Cyrillic]

the letters of St. Basil the Great

The Loeb edition, I suppose?

Loebs make things a lot easier for the non-classicist profanum vulgus.

Only because the vulgus is now literate, unlike in Horace's day.

That couldn't be prevented, I'm afraid.

 

[Cyrillic]

An achievement! And what a glorious one at that.

 

[Jonathan Gress]

An achievement! And what a glorious one at that.

Only 10th place? Loser.

 

[hecma925]

An achievement! And what a glorious one at that.

Only 10th place? Loser.

It's ok.  He's Dutch.  Let them have a "win" once in a while.

 

[Ansgar]

the letters of St. Basil the Great

The Loeb edition, I suppose?

Loebs make things a lot easier for the non-classicist profanum vulgus.

I actually can't remember. I'll have to check and come back to you.

It was Loeb.

 

[Cyrillic]

the letters of St. Basil the Great

The Loeb edition, I suppose?

Loebs make things a lot easier for the non-classicist profanum vulgus.

I actually can't remember. I'll have to check and come back to you.

It was Loeb.

't was clairvoyance, I tell you.

 

[Mor Ephrem]

Today's thread "Should Mor Ephrem stop being Mod on Oc.net?" is easily one of the five best things that ever happened to me. 

 

[kelly]

Today's thread "Should Mor Ephrem stop being Mod on Oc.net?" is easily one of the five best things that ever happened to me.

That's sad.

 

[Mor Ephrem]

Today's thread "Should Mor Ephrem stop being Mod on Oc.net?" is easily one of the five best things that ever happened to me.

That's sad.

I agree.

 

[montalo]

Today's thread "Should Mor Ephrem stop being Mod on Oc.net?" is easily one of the five best things that ever happened to me.

That's sad.

I agree.

It is interesting how one can vote on a locked thread.

 

[Mor Ephrem]

Today's thread "Should Mor Ephrem stop being Mod on Oc.net?" is easily one of the five best things that ever happened to me.

That's sad.

I agree.

It is interesting how one can vote on a locked thread.

Really? 

I HOPE EVERYONE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE. 

 

[JamesR]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

 

[Cyrillic]

"I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl.

I told you how to overcome your shyness, but you won't listen.

 

[JamesR]

"I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl.

I told you how to overcome your shyness, but you won't listen.

You did? It may just be I forgot. I tend to do that a lot.

 

[Minnesotan]

"I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl.

I told you how to overcome your shyness, but you won't listen.

This forum certainly has a problem with Shyness, doesn't it?

 

[Alpo]

It's a bit past 6pm and I'm still in bed.

 

[kelly]

It's a bit past 6pm and I'm still in bed.

Are you curled up with a good book? If not, I recommend "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future"

 

[Cyrillic]

It's a bit past 6pm and I'm still in bed.

Living the good life.

 

[Mor Ephrem]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

No, you're not.  You're ahead of where I was at your age.  That's pathetic. 

 

[kelly]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

No, you're not.  You're ahead of where I was at your age.  That's pathetic. 

Stay on track, James, and maybe you too can become an internet moderator one day.

 

[PeterTheAleut]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

No, you're not.  You're ahead of where I was at your age.  That's pathetic. 

Stay on track, James, and maybe you too can become an internet moderator one day.

Too bad I'll be dead before that happens.

 

[TheTrisagion]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

I didn't talk to girls through high school. My first date ever was with my now-wife in the senior year of college. Your patheticness has nothing on me.

 

[kelly]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

No, you're not.  You're ahead of where I was at your age.  That's pathetic. 

Stay on track, James, and maybe you too can become an internet moderator one day.

Too bad I'll be dead before that happens.

I didn't say it would be this forum.

 

[PeterTheAleut]

Is it pathetic that the peak of my romantic life and arguably the peak of my whole young life altogether was the one time I dated a girl in high school when I was 16? That was the one moment in life where, at least momentarily, I wasn't romantically incompetent and totally alone. It was the one night where I was truly able to fall asleep with a smile on my face knowing "I did it," that I overcame my shyness and dated a girl. Of course, then it never went nowhere after that and I haven't seen the girl in 3 or 4 years, yet I take confidence in the fact that for that one moment in my life, I actually dated a girl. Man I am pathetic.

No, you're not.  You're ahead of where I was at your age.  That's pathetic. 

Stay on track, James, and maybe you too can become an internet moderator one day.

Too bad I'll be dead before that happens.

I didn't say it would be this forum.

Neither did I.