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Theology, Politics, and Radiant Darkness: Michæl Motia on Gregory of Nyssa

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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The Importance of Ritual in Christianity

We have at least some hints that Basil breaks down Christian teaching into two different parts. He says there is this, this crigma, this kind of the gospel that you were supposed to announce and you know, go tell it on the mountain kind of stuff. But then there's also a kind of dogma, like the real teaching. And that idea has been around in Christianity kind of for a long time. They mattered to the point of fist cuffs to a lot of people. Yeah. An era when, well, maybe we're in a similar era when identity markers that people don't fully understand the ramifications of get them punching each other. That's one to chew on.

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