See Table of Contents below for topics and time discussed.

I. Theology (O:01)

  • Bulgakov (St. Sergius in Paris, the Sophianists) vs Florovsky (St. Vlads in NA, the Patristic Revival)
  • 5:00  Patristic Revival of Liturgy contra the Scholastics, reviving liturgy as a work of the people
  • 6:45 Acquaintance with / mentoring under Romanides
  • 7:45 Dostoevsky – co-suffering love for the healing of another soul
  • 8:15 Metropolitan Khrapovitsky contra Original Sin
  • 9:15 Romanides' (and Puhalo's) critique of Augustine
  • 10:20  Schmemann (in mold of Florovksy)
  • 11:40 Romanides on Ancestral Sin
  • 12:15 Khrapivitzky on the Moral Idea of the Dogmas of the Faith contra Kant

II. Faith and Science (12:40)  

  • 12:40 Scientific reality/facts and theological truth are not opposed
  • 14:45 The moral meaning of Genesis & origins of Judaism in Babylon
  • 16:45 Fundamentalist ideology (not faith) vs science
  • 18:55 The fall narrative as the birth of ego

III. Pastoral and Theological Collision with the Toll-Houses (20:20)

  • 20:45 St. Justin Popović on the Toll-houses
  • 21:20 Pastoral backstory: Seraphim Rose' journal series & Williamsville, NY (aftermath of 14-year-old's death)
  • 23:00 Encouragement of Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Boston) / proofing by Monastery of Holy Archangels
  • 25:15 Orthodox doctrine of the afterlife – St. Mark of Ephesus at Council of Florence refutes Catholic purgatory

IV. Pastoral Response to Transgenderism: Science & Suicide (27:30)

V. Response to Evangelical/Orthodox Trumpism (35:30)

  • 35:30 Republicanism from Nixon to Trump 
  • 40:50 Trump Republicanism's moral failure
  • 41:50 Jerusalem and the deadly Christian mythologies of Israel