Peter Sean BradleyLectures on the Christian Sacraments the procatechesis and the five mystagogical catecheses…Repeat after me…. 4 After this the priest cries out, “Lift up your hearts.” For truly in that awe-filled hour it is necessary to have…7 min read·18 hours ago----
Peter Sean BradleyAccording to Dionysius, evil has no existence - it is a nothing where a thing should exist - and…Another way of putting it is that evil is secondary to good. Evil is a parasite on the good. For evil to be found where good should be, it…1 min read·1 day ago--1--1
Peter Sean BradleyAnthropology Matters — Vanished Aliens.The Naked Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak8 min read·1 day ago----
Peter Sean BradleyAquinas pulled a lot from Dionysius.I think the idea is that you are maximally free because you are most perfectly your nature, you are what you are supposed to be most…1 min read·1 day ago----
Peter Sean BradleyThe Catholic Church has also canonized Nestorian and Monophysite saints.Lex credendi, lex orandi....this practice has a bearing on what "outside the church there is no salvation" means.1 min read·1 day ago--1--1
Peter Sean BradleyPerhaps this is a time to exercise charity.It may come as a shock to Evangelicals, but most faithful Christians do not spend a lot of time talking about their relationship with God…1 min read·1 day ago--1--1
Peter Sean BradleyThe problem with the free will defense is that it implies that the choice of evil has a reason.The Free Will defense justifies, which implies that maybe the choice was not evil at all.2 min read·2 days ago--1--1
Peter Sean Bradley"Consequently, if evil, the failure to desire the Good and so to be, took place for some reason, if…Eric D. Perl. Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite (SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy) (Kindle Locations…2 min read·2 days ago--1--1
Peter Sean BradleyYour story is the reason that most ex-Catholics/ex-Evangelicals have the theological nuance of a…Growing up is hard. We want bright line rules. We think we are going to be perfect.1 min read·4 days ago----
Peter Sean BradleyFirst, freedom is a habit before it is a set of rules.Second, if these arguments are so self-defeating, then you should want them exposed for the bad arguments they are.1 min read·5 days ago----