The Arena

Fr. Josiah speaks at the opening Plenary Session of the World Congress of Families X in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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This lecture series entitled "Taming Lions: The Life and Prophecy of the Holy and Righteous Daniel" provides a deep look into all fourteen chapters, or the longer Orthodox and Catholic version of the precious Old Testament prophetical Book of Daniel. The first six lectures are dedicated to an examination of the marvelous character of the Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths as it is set forth in the court tales related in Chapters 1-6. Having established the integrity and virtue of Daniel, called several times in the text a "man of high esteem", lectures 7-12 attempt to explain with patristic guidance the meaning of the stunning visions that Daniel has of the future of the Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman Empires, as well as the coming of the Kingdom of God in the person of the mysterious "Son of Man." The eleventh and final lecture is dedicated to Chapters 13-14 of the book which relate the stories of Susanna, Bel and the Dragon that are unfortunately not found in those English Bibles based on the Jewish Masoretic text.

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St. Maximos the Confessor, who served God from 580-662, is one of the great theologians of the Orthodox Catholic Church. This devout monk, was a leading Constantinopolitan intellectual, a prolific author on doctrinal, ascetical, exegetical and liturgical subjects, and a confessor of Holy Orthodoxy who lost his right hand and tongue for his stentorian opposition to heresy. In 8 lectures, Father Maximos (Simonopetritis) – a highly esteemed patrologist and the world’s leading authority on the teaching of St. Maximos the Confessor – presents an edifying overview of the life and works of this magnificent man of God and teacher of the Church. Father Maximos is Senior Research Scholar at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The lectures are entitled: • What is a Church Father? • An Overview of the Life of St. Maximos • An Introduction to the Works of St. Maximos: Part 1 • An Introduction to the Works of St. Maximos: Part 2 • The Theology of St. Maximos: Part 1 The Ambigua • The Theology of St. Maximos: Part 2 The Ambigua • The Theology of St. Maximos: Questions of Thalassius: Part 1 • The Theology of St. Maximos: Questions of Thalassius: Part 2 • PDF: The Iconography of St. Maximos the Confessor To download this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

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