Thank you. The mystical & the numinous seem essential to the epiphany of some sense of the illumination of Being. Being, The One, The True, The Good & The Beautiful. A holistic, expansive sense of breadth, depth & height. Such moments are extraordinary. 🙏
Nick Cave and Tom Holland are two quite truthful people. They are not interested in converting people or displaying how great they are. Both are very annoyed by the silent rejection of the 'SENSE of SACRED". They find pure wholesome health in the SACRED
18:41 yes, people on all sides sense there is a crisis and something is desperately wrong, but I wouldn't say that most people can articulate what/why/how, ie, the meaning of it and what that crisis is predicated on.
Two early examples for the impact of Genesis and Gal 3:28 in the late antiquity: Gregor of Nyssa"s sermon against slavery: "If man is created in the image of God, and rules the whole world, and exercises dominion over everything according to God's will, who can be his purchaser? Tell me! And who can be his seller? God alone has this power; or rather; not even God himself. For God's graces are irrevocable. God would not, therefore, lead mankind into slavery, for he himself restored us to freedom when we were enslaved by sin. But if God does not enslave what is free, who is it that sets his power above the divine? [...]" and The Benedict rule is likely to be extremely influential for equality and democratic awareness (election of abbots): The abbot does not favor anyone in the monastery because of their reputation. He should not love one more than another, unless he finds one who is more zealous in good works and obedience. He should not favor a free-born person over one who enters the monastery as a slave if there is no reasonable reason for doing so. For whether slave or free, in Christ we are all one, and under the one Lord we bear the burden of equal service. For with God there is no partiality.
You're right quoting Gregory of Nyssa, though he is notable as the sole example in antiquity - the exception that proves the rule, I've thought. As to Benedict, it's notable that like others, he is not against slavery per se, but presumably assumed slavery was normative, if not an excuse for abuse etc.
@@PlatosPodcasts The idea was in the world, and the Synod of Chalons in 650 demands: The highest piety and religion demands that Christians be completely freed from slavery. In the 9th century, Emerald of Saint-Mihiel demanded that every prince free his slaves. Slavery was replaced by serfdom. a canon of the westminster council in 1102 condemns the slave trade as nefarious, comparable to "brute animals". In 1299, Philip IV, King of France, set all serfs free on the grounds that, since every human creature is made in the image of our Lord, it must be free by natural law. And when the traders of the Italian Renaissance came with their slaves to the cities north of the Alps, they encountered difficulties with the law. They first draft of human rights and civil liberties in continental Europe are The Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants in 1525. Inspired by Paul.
"We know from God's word that man is created in the image of God and bearer of his soul, and whoever subjects him to someone other than God acts against God." "According to true law, serfdom has its origins in coercion, imprisonment and unjust violence, which the ancients converted into an unlawful custom and which they now want to accept as law." The quote refers Gregory`s idea and is from Prolog of the the "Saxon Mirror" of 1235 . Eike von Repgow argues here that serfdom violates divine law, since all people are created in God's image and should be subject exclusively to God.
I like your reflections but I also would like to see the podcast. I cannot find it on the net, I cannot find it in the description. Can you help, please?
There is either unity or duality. To have anything manifest there has to be duality. With duality and free will there is opposition. However, as humans we are not responsible for evil, it was there from the beginning when Satan or the light fell from heaven creating manifestation and opposition. The solution for humans is alignment with Reality or God and not to be in opposition, that is the way to regain paradise even on earth. Heaven coming on earth; God and Satan reconciled as the chant expresses it. Hard to see it now but it is inevitable. ❤
Perhaps the meanings of myth are more true to the essence of the totality of existence. It is an expansive, inclusive ‘vision’ of Oneness which joins aesthetics & ethics. The human experience is very much depleted in the absence of such illuminating insights. I like the idea of a teleological sense of a Becoming, it seems appropriate to an evolutionary path of intricate complexity. Human consciousness & conscience seem drawn towards this fuller, deeper tapestry of experiential understanding.
Cool. Glad you're giving the report. Hope a recording of the video comes out.
A recording is promised from Unherd, yes
Thankyou for this reflection Mark
Thanks so much for the summary and your insights.
Thank you.
The mystical & the numinous seem essential to the epiphany of some sense of the illumination of Being.
Being, The One, The True, The Good & The Beautiful.
A holistic, expansive sense of breadth, depth & height.
Such moments are extraordinary.
🙏
Thank you for another lucid and inspiring video 🙂
Thankyou
A mere thumbs up doesn't seem appreciation enough. I was fumbling in a conversation recently, this made things both abstracter and clearer:)
Nick Cave and Tom Holland are two quite truthful people. They are not interested in converting people or displaying how great they are. Both are very annoyed by the silent rejection of the 'SENSE of SACRED". They find pure wholesome health in the SACRED
18:41 yes, people on all sides sense there is a crisis and something is desperately wrong, but I wouldn't say that most people can articulate what/why/how, ie, the meaning of it and what that crisis is predicated on.
Could you do a podcast on your own faith and practices? (If you already have, kindly share it with me)
Two early examples for the impact of Genesis and Gal 3:28 in the late antiquity: Gregor of Nyssa"s sermon against slavery: "If man is created in the image of God, and rules the whole world, and exercises dominion over everything according to God's will, who can be his purchaser? Tell me! And who can be his seller? God alone has this power; or rather; not even God himself. For God's graces are irrevocable. God would not, therefore, lead mankind into slavery, for he himself restored us to freedom when we were enslaved by sin. But if God does not enslave what is free, who is it that sets his power above the divine? [...]"
and The Benedict rule is likely to be extremely influential for equality and democratic awareness (election of abbots): The abbot does not favor anyone in the monastery because of their reputation. He should not love one more than another, unless he finds one who is more zealous in good works and obedience.
He should not favor a free-born person over one who enters the monastery as a slave if there is no reasonable reason for doing so. For whether slave or free, in Christ we are all one, and under the one Lord we bear the burden of equal service. For with God there is no partiality.
You're right quoting Gregory of Nyssa, though he is notable as the sole example in antiquity - the exception that proves the rule, I've thought. As to Benedict, it's notable that like others, he is not against slavery per se, but presumably assumed slavery was normative, if not an excuse for abuse etc.
@@PlatosPodcasts The idea was in the world, and the Synod of Chalons in 650 demands: The highest piety and religion demands that Christians be completely freed from slavery. In the 9th century, Emerald of Saint-Mihiel demanded that every prince free his slaves. Slavery was replaced by serfdom. a canon of the westminster council in 1102 condemns the slave trade as nefarious, comparable to "brute animals". In 1299, Philip IV, King of France, set all serfs free on the grounds that, since every human creature is made in the image of our Lord, it must be free by natural law. And when the traders of the Italian Renaissance came with their slaves to the cities north of the Alps, they encountered difficulties with the law. They first draft of human rights and civil liberties in continental Europe are The Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants in 1525. Inspired by Paul.
"We know from God's word that man is created in the image of God and bearer of his soul, and whoever subjects him to someone other than God acts against God."
"According to true law, serfdom has its origins in coercion, imprisonment and unjust violence, which the ancients converted into an unlawful custom and which they now want to accept as law."
The quote refers Gregory`s idea and is from Prolog of the the "Saxon Mirror" of 1235 . Eike von Repgow argues here that serfdom violates divine law, since all people are created in God's image and should be subject exclusively to God.
I like your reflections but I also would like to see the podcast. I cannot find it on the net, I cannot find it in the description. Can you help, please?
Unherd will post on its channel at some point I expect.
There is either unity or duality. To have anything manifest there has to be duality. With duality and free will there is opposition. However, as humans we are not responsible for evil, it was there from the beginning when Satan or the light fell from heaven creating manifestation and opposition. The solution for humans is alignment with Reality or God and not to be in opposition, that is the way to regain paradise even on earth. Heaven coming on earth; God and Satan reconciled as the chant expresses it. Hard to see it now but it is inevitable. ❤
Tom Holland says very little that I can agree with on the subject of Christianity.
Try harder
Good for you… Valuable insight
More Christian mythology? No thanks.
Perhaps the meanings of myth are more true to the essence of the totality of existence.
It is an expansive, inclusive ‘vision’ of Oneness which joins aesthetics & ethics.
The human experience is very much depleted in the absence of such illuminating insights.
I like the idea of a teleological sense of a Becoming, it seems appropriate to an evolutionary path of intricate complexity.
Human consciousness & conscience seem drawn towards this fuller, deeper tapestry of experiential understanding.