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Map of the passions

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Based on St Maximos the Confessor’s Four Hundred Texts on Love, and the parallel passage in St Thalassios the Libyan, the diagram (click the image for a larger version) shows the concupiscent, intellectual, and irascible passions in terms of self-love – the luxuriating, self-obsessive, and acquisitive.

Also found in the Philokalia are writings on the passions by St John of Damascusm who likewise categorized the passions as intellectual (intelligent), irascible (incensive) and concupiscent (desiring), providing lists and… [ read more ]

Christianity and Same-Sex Attraction

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Back in May 2012, Kevin Allen in his call-in show on Ancient Faith Radio, "Ancient Faith Today", interviewed Andrew and Philip from FtFtL on the subject of "Christianity and Same-Sex Attraction" and took questions from callers.

The audio and transcript are still available on the Ancient Faith website.

Reflections on iconography and pornography – part II

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This is the second of two articles reflecting on iconography and pornography based on conversations in the USA with an iconographer, Anne, and two parish priests, Fr Peter and Fr Paul, all from different parts of the country. You can read the first article here.

Image and modern western society

In relating the concept of the image in iconography and pornography, a possible avenue is to explore whether there is any link between the iconoclasm in… [ read more ]