Father Orthoduck is an Antiochian priest. That means that he has many friends who are either Arab immigrant or descended from Arabs. This is part of the reason why he questions strongly some of the all-too-common American attitudes towards "Arabs." … [Continue reading]
Matthew 5 and practical holiness
Yesterday Father Orthoduck pointed out that both Matthew 5 and Leviticus 19 are holiness codes. Father Orthoduck should have said that the Matthew 5 passage continues over into Matthew 6. Remember that the chapter divisions are not found in the … [Continue reading]
Leviticus, the New Testament, and New Testament social concern
Father Orthoduck was sent the following e-mail four days ago, and finally has time to begin a reply: I wanted to get your take on possible applications of Lev 19:9-10 to state welfare systems today. A friend and I have a friendly disagreement over … [Continue reading]
Houston, we have a liturgical problem
Father Ernesto had meant to do a different post than this one, but he has been very busy the last 48 hours, and so he asked Father Orthoduck to do an emergency fill-in. As you may remember, on Monday, Father Orthoduck posted on a small liturgical … [Continue reading]
Everyone knows that, Father
Father Orthoduck has previously chronicled his various, uhm, missteps. Well, Father Orthoduck did it again. You see, every parish to which Father Orthoduck has been assigned has its own way of dealing with the directions that come from a higher … [Continue reading]
Sorcerers, adulterers, and bad employer
Yesterday we looked at a "devotional" e-mail that was full of bad Scriptural interpretations and junk science, but in the process I quoted from the Book of the Prophet Malachi. However, I did not quote the next verse that followed the verses I quoted … [Continue reading]
Refiner’s fire and us
Watch this video to the 2:40 (two minutes forty seconds) mark. You need not watch the rest of it, but you may if you wish. Have you ever received the e-mail below? Malachi 3:3 says: 'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.' This … [Continue reading]
Too much dang cold in the South
Dagnabit! It has been much too cold here in the Deep South. This Friday it is supposed to drop into the low 20's, maybe even into the upper teens. Father Orthoduck wonders how one is supposed to go skinny dipping and fishing in this dang weather. Why … [Continue reading]
A problem as old as Saint Paul and the Corinthians
In 1 Corinthians, Saint Paul has to deal with an out of control church situation, in which almost anything goes, and in which almost any attempt to set limits is seen as limiting freedom from the law. In that epistle, Saint Paul begins to talk about … [Continue reading]
Currently suffering denial of service attacks
The server farm that hosts Orthocuban is currently experiencing DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. Posting will resume when possible. … [Continue reading]
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