23 episodes
Nox Venit JF Solís
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- Religion & Spirituality
Based. Traditionalist. Nuanced Augustinian (Calvinist). High Church Presbyterian (PCA). Dissident Right/Neo-reactionary (with residual libertarian leanings).
My interests are: (i) the problems of modernity, post-modernity, the contemporary political and economic order; (ii) arguing for the need for spirituality and truth; and, (iii) asserting the centrality of prayerful devotion to Christ (through the Divine Office) to our engagement with “the naked public square.”
Twitter: @JFSolis
Telegram: t.me/Nox_Venit
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Reclaiming Christendom IX(a): Is a Christian Rapprochement Possible?
In November 2017, The Distributist read and commented upon an article by Felix Miller, "The Right Needs Joy". Discussing the possibility that the left has finally gone off the deep end, Distributist comments, "[I]f we are in the terminal phase of progressivism, the opposition to that dying force cannot be purely negative; it can't be a group of people who stand against nut jobs.... We need a reason to carry on civilization. We need reasons for joy." This series argues that the reasons for joy and for carrying on civilization are to be found in the reclamation of Christendom. In this episode, I begin discussing the problem of division among Christians, asking, first, if a Christian rapprochement is possible. In future episodes I will discuss divisions between Protestants, Roman Catholics, and the Eastern Orthodox.
Eutychianism diagram link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutyches#/media/File:Monophysite.svg
"Reflections on the Need for Optimism" : https://youtu.be/qaxKWCrcpuM
"The Right Needs Joy", read by The Distributist: https://youtu.be/SfYyfaaPXIw
Original article by Felix Miller: https://jacobitemag.com/2017/09/03/the-right-needs-joy/
G. Florovsky, Faith and Culture
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Reclaiming Christendom Part VIII - The Specter of Theonomy (3)
The third and final installment of my treatment of theonomy, in which I discuss the philosophy of law which a reclaimed Christendom should adopt, an approach to law which is intended to repair and restore, rather than primarily to punish.
Link mentioned in the episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Federal_Regulations#/media/File:Code_of_Federal_Regulations.jpg
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Reclaiming Christendom Part VIII - The Specter of Theonomy (2)
Finding time and place for recording still a problem now due to family health matters. But here is the second installment of my treatment of theonomy. In this installment, I discuss the sexual ethics of the Law, particular as the punishments are concerned. This discussion raises the question of jurisprudence in a reclaimed Christendom, which will be the topic of the next and final installment on the subject of theonomy.
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Reclaiming Christendom Part VIII - The Specter of Theonomy (1)
I continue to struggle finding time and place for recording, due to the loss of my "studio" thanks to COVID precautions. But here, at long last, is the first installment of my treatment of theonomy. In this installment, the first of three, I deal with the doctrine of our being freed from the law, a topic which always comes up in discussions of theonomy, raised, understandably, by most critics of theonomy. The text for this installment is a passage in Galatians chapter five.
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Reading: From NIGHT, by Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, political activist, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
Yes, I am continuing Reclaiming Christendom. But several family health issues have imposed time constraints which have hindered my preparation of the script.
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Reclaiming Christendom Part VII - Christendom and the Kingdom of God
In this installment, I explain the distinction between Christendom "as a civilization, with a supporting culture, influenced by traditional Christianity and orienting its members toward the kingdom of heaven," as a means of explaining why Christendom cannot be confused with the Kingdom.
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