tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33403562517842234792024-03-05T13:23:57.628-06:00Life of an Orthodox Soldier ☦An Orthodox Christian who served in the National GuardDavid Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-58147115465861273612024-02-22T06:00:00.001-06:002024-02-22T06:00:00.136-06:00The Problem of Revisionist History
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some times I come across pictures on the internet that remind of me things that I learned in various Christian schools that I later found out were false.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeKdmTIA0_vTAydw6bpMGKlG_qEiUK7w8LlD1iEpg6jpXq8ZpXcNxUeBLceFfR_zMckOE9etwZT58ryJNF2HZYfHXLXHxuM9n8DcMdU1mLW2lq0y2XOjrioXBPNvPrsvVXSspIC2NqGRm94tIvribqT6YwDM7W_yccGi1eqUCn0PrJM8KkPs5Sjn45m_c/s960/NeverForgetBibleLie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeKdmTIA0_vTAydw6bpMGKlG_qEiUK7w8LlD1iEpg6jpXq8ZpXcNxUeBLceFfR_zMckOE9etwZT58ryJNF2HZYfHXLXHxuM9n8DcMdU1mLW2lq0y2XOjrioXBPNvPrsvVXSspIC2NqGRm94tIvribqT6YwDM7W_yccGi1eqUCn0PrJM8KkPs5Sjn45m_c/s320/NeverForgetBibleLie.jpg" width="263"></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br><span></span></span></p><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-problem-of-revisionist-history.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-31308449528118637762024-02-15T06:00:00.001-06:002024-02-15T06:00:00.149-06:00The Importance of Knowing Our Faith<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I'll admit that I am not up to date with a lot of what is going on in the Protestant world since starting on my journey to Orthodoxy some 14 years ago. It leaves me to wonder what old heresy they'll rehash and try to pass off as new knowledge. And that leads us to this image that I found on Facebook...</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv2J1WwKxVYmGIccKqaZXvPqY9AM_uHMLslWGYi02o3MphZ77BiC33fq5Rm35A3LoWl0oH8m5yKSnzZ16QKm3UPKzdq0JH7fQhe4nExRLEFXKWsJ3Oi1ZzUL2xyMJ5MhKCBAh5-Tnap2HycfyH7pNuQxDtFb94dk4K2g9niYgN15S2tHjz0H2QEsqwySC/s898/FB_IMG_1706137720623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="665" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv2J1WwKxVYmGIccKqaZXvPqY9AM_uHMLslWGYi02o3MphZ77BiC33fq5Rm35A3LoWl0oH8m5yKSnzZ16QKm3UPKzdq0JH7fQhe4nExRLEFXKWsJ3Oi1ZzUL2xyMJ5MhKCBAh5-Tnap2HycfyH7pNuQxDtFb94dk4K2g9niYgN15S2tHjz0H2QEsqwySC/s320/FB_IMG_1706137720623.jpg" width="237"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br><span></span></span></span><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-importance-of-knowing-our-faith.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-66814308863748447502024-02-02T06:00:00.001-06:002024-02-02T06:00:00.146-06:00We Don't Need to Lie<p data-pm-slice="1 2 []"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-AAE0hXR9ZRSXYzVvoNsnQW5iNSRogCNYuT_QlxS4lyPT8G850K-AAHuZkuvQIKIXs4L6oxtZfg6rpcVmsYCrBjIvduFVC1ick_8w1DNxsAewUktRUBENFMWnR3VmyvfUwzl5re03yZBwnguvTz8jTsI6AtGikdWSsfT9VzSgtBLbvwT-9ycwVFuuf2X/s1200/706ecb0c-43f9-46fd-852d-9527cb567a6d_747x1200.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="747" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-AAE0hXR9ZRSXYzVvoNsnQW5iNSRogCNYuT_QlxS4lyPT8G850K-AAHuZkuvQIKIXs4L6oxtZfg6rpcVmsYCrBjIvduFVC1ick_8w1DNxsAewUktRUBENFMWnR3VmyvfUwzl5re03yZBwnguvTz8jTsI6AtGikdWSsfT9VzSgtBLbvwT-9ycwVFuuf2X/s320/706ecb0c-43f9-46fd-852d-9527cb567a6d_747x1200.webp" width="199"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br> </span><p></p><p data-pm-slice="1 2 []"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the pages on FB that I follow posted the above meme. If one were to look at the bottom they could see that this was originally posted by another page called <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0oVFcDHNNjBdyUkYtkwbC7k3WUX53ouKx7jB9SYfiFzkRM1tpkKNmzvxpUL17ALPkl&id=1559901027613381&mibextid=Nif5oz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">TRT World</a>. I've added a link to their original post for any who want to check it out.<br><br>There are a few things wrong with what TRT reported, the first being the dating of the manuscript as from the 1st Century AD, when the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105714/Secret-14million-Bible-Jesus-predicts-coming-Prophet-Muhammad-unearthed-Turkey.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a> reported on this manuscript back in 2012, they dated it as being 1500 years old - which if accurate, means the manuscript dates back to the 6th Century AD. In reading the article from the Daily Mail, one can see an emphasis is placed on St. Barnabas. And if one were so inclined, just a little bit of digging will offer this other article from the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2149227/Gospel-Barnabas-cause-Christianitys-collapse-Iran-claims.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a> which states the manuscript is the Gospel of Barnabas.<br><br>The Gospel of Barnabas is a pseudopigraphical work dating from the Middle Ages. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Barnabas" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> has this to say about the Gospel of Barnabas,<br></span><span></span></span></p><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-dont-need-to-lie.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-15902729157257112892024-01-25T06:00:00.010-06:002024-01-25T06:00:00.239-06:00New Year Update <div data-contents="true"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="8ufdb" data-offset-key="8gqqi-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8gqqi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8gqqi-0-0" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span data-text="true">Well, the Holiday season is over, as well as the fasting season. Things were busy in the household I'm currently living in trying to get things ready for the Nativity. Some things have changed which hopefully mean that I will be able to focus on this blog just a bit more. I still have plans to keep posting old blog articles here, and I hope to get back to that soon as well.</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="8ufdb" data-offset-key="4ua8o-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4ua8o-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVbCoyhz6qLtJbGW02oxdyYDfAoyD83cs44l9KIB2y0nOrFn0IUhxUQxDi2Q6_s6bvLtRmhz_6PyanIriPShOJ0MEHXEFALRZBfKn2fVE9x_D6nPKJ4MmBpOlknJwUlTRnMdzWyewdhmuNL1PLTPAKv15q0qYhWnYDdqEb43vqTpfZI_3AwC60gI70VJk/s1440/theophany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1440" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVbCoyhz6qLtJbGW02oxdyYDfAoyD83cs44l9KIB2y0nOrFn0IUhxUQxDi2Q6_s6bvLtRmhz_6PyanIriPShOJ0MEHXEFALRZBfKn2fVE9x_D6nPKJ4MmBpOlknJwUlTRnMdzWyewdhmuNL1PLTPAKv15q0qYhWnYDdqEb43vqTpfZI_3AwC60gI70VJk/s320/theophany.jpg" width="320"></a></div></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="8ufdb" data-offset-key="2g11g-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2g11g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2g11g-0-0" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span data-text="true"><span></span></span></span></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-year-update.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-3868971184266940512023-10-23T06:00:00.005-05:002023-10-23T06:00:00.141-05:00On the Ongoing Crisis in Gaza<div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="89fbo" data-offset-key="3lnsj-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3lnsj-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="3lnsj-0-0"><span data-text="true">About nine years ago I wrote about </span></span><a class="sc-afquy-0 kpuBjA" href="https://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2014/08/isis-palestine-israel-and-why-we-should.html"><span data-offset-key="3lnsj-1-0"><span data-text="true">Isis, Palestine, Israel, and Why We Should Care</span></span></a><span data-offset-key="3lnsj-2-0"><span data-text="true"> and now, I am saddened that I should have to revisit a lot of what I wrote.</span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="89fbo" data-offset-key="5alt-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5alt-0-0"><div style="background-image: url("https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/91458760/6aa9a1d5de7e4debb8c21dbbf39966a1/eyJ3ZWJwIjowfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1699228800&token-hash=8hLKTZYf6b_gMP3rre4y3_x81YW2CyTVOaVu2Tf0iac%3D"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 1px solid var(--global-content-muted-default); height: 440px; letter-spacing: 547px; line-height: 440px; min-height: 16px; min-width: 16px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: bottom; width: 547px;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p></div></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="89fbo" data-offset-key="3qqnl-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3qqnl-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3qqnl-0-0" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-text="true">Before continuing, most of what I wrote back then still applies, most especially that I do not support any, and I do mean ANY, terrorist organization. It does not matter to me if it is State sanctioned terrorism or not. Terrorists can get bent.</span></span></span></p></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="89fbo" data-offset-key="3hp62-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3hp62-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3hp62-0-0" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-text="true">Also, I do not hate Jews, Muslims, or Arabs. Let me be clear, because people love to claim I am anti-Semitic for not kneeling down and worshiping the atrocities perpetuated by the State of Israel, I do not hate Jews, Muslims, or Arabs. What I hate - and by hate I mean absolutely despise - is the use of violence against innocent people.</span></span></span></p></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Read more at <a href="goog_1203880">my Patreon</a></span><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/91458760"><br /></a></span></p>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-8927637268940753582023-09-25T06:00:00.001-05:002023-09-25T06:00:00.140-05:00Verily: An Argument<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHSh9vht7Ng7Hu0Cj7c5SyPrBOZuQe91rp_7snBRETf24s-n6zFpLJwT1m9vr4_yMiZd_BtfMEni-reyLcFv5RmAMtLQwG7sdtkov7g2lPFKr2TWymdr3GFMIVzntvJ0hEseGBUClYOF14Rsd2uMJcOU7pPBhKeq_f1HRXkpGlkTgLlSq-iMFjEiXKZpQ/s1280/1694017680243.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="499" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHSh9vht7Ng7Hu0Cj7c5SyPrBOZuQe91rp_7snBRETf24s-n6zFpLJwT1m9vr4_yMiZd_BtfMEni-reyLcFv5RmAMtLQwG7sdtkov7g2lPFKr2TWymdr3GFMIVzntvJ0hEseGBUClYOF14Rsd2uMJcOU7pPBhKeq_f1HRXkpGlkTgLlSq-iMFjEiXKZpQ/s320/1694017680243.webp" width="125" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It never fails: every year during the Paschal season, an argument (by which I mean usually light hearted bickering) breaks out about the proper response to the Paschal Greeting.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those that don't know, or can't remember, the Paschal Greeting is, "Christ is Risen!" To which the response can be - depending on your jurisdiction and parish, "Truly, He is Risen!" "He truly is Risen!" "Indeed, He is Risen!" or even, "He is Risen, indeed!"</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This will sometimes lead to a discussion about which English word best fits the Greek used in the response.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In Greek, the greeting is Χριστός ἀνέστη! - <em>Khristós </em>(or Christos as is more commonly seen) <em>anésti!</em> Christ is Risen! And the response is Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! - <em>Alethós </em>(or Alithos)<em> anésti! ...</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is that word "alithos" that no one can seem to agree on how to translate. If you throw the word into Google Translate it will tell you that the word translates into English as "truly." There we go, case closed, pack it up boys!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/88864161">Read more at my Patreon</a> <br /></span></span></p>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-76495035384629332062023-09-04T06:00:00.024-05:002023-09-04T06:00:00.132-05:00On Going to Church<div data-contents="true" style="text-align: left;"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="ctmdg" data-offset-key="g7hb-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="g7hb-0-0"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="g7hb-0-0"><span data-text="true">In this blog post I'm going to talk about the importance of going to church.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="g7hb-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZT8_LXAc2Zoj6NFHzuZbERCXbI9KRlaY82BRVr0lWu-gqhOsJmmxW6PkVyG31FDLRrwMiVVwF3QBKy9B7WGElX3u1f4MU6efw7OyUY--x9I-JTO01yCNZo_EE94GMewWQdJyoMbb2phmwJnnszbGZ4FKexnT8Afu8SD4q22Iqif4rHx-EFxx3ENVg0Sc/s1440/Divine-Liturgy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZT8_LXAc2Zoj6NFHzuZbERCXbI9KRlaY82BRVr0lWu-gqhOsJmmxW6PkVyG31FDLRrwMiVVwF3QBKy9B7WGElX3u1f4MU6efw7OyUY--x9I-JTO01yCNZo_EE94GMewWQdJyoMbb2phmwJnnszbGZ4FKexnT8Afu8SD4q22Iqif4rHx-EFxx3ENVg0Sc/s320/Divine-Liturgy.jpg" width="320"></a></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br> </span></p></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/09/on-going-to-church.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-54861585218712438512023-08-29T10:19:00.002-05:002023-08-29T10:19:32.183-05:00My Exercise Secrets<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="stackable mb-xs" style="text-align: left;"><div class="sc-rcywpx-8 cZcDbI"><div class="sc-fotOHu bMEszz"><div class="sc-fotOHu evyySJ"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="sc-hBUSln kQJyed" data-tag="post-published-at" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-exercise-88384472" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="sc-kLwhqv jaxqPa" color="gray2">4 hours ago</span></a></span></p></div></div></div><div class="sc-fotOHu jvdevC"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="sc-s43277-0 dYxpZw" data-tag="post-title" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">***DISCLAIMER*** I have not been offered any kind of monetary benefit to write this post ***DISCLAIMER***</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/88384472/e169bda8acb24a09b1f321b1515b8c72/eyJ3Ijo4MjB9/1.png?token-time=1694563200&token-hash=KXrwdAK8zUvP3Z1ja0n2k3URdqKAYnfTdgO-tgGPMSk%3D" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have been asked by a few people, either in my posts, or in real life by friends/acquaintances what I do/use for exercising.<br /><br />Well, stick around because I'm going to reveal the secrets of my exercise routine...</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/88384472">Read more at my Patreon</a> <br /></span></span></p>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-34153581888160972782023-08-18T06:00:00.001-05:002023-08-18T06:00:00.140-05:00On the Filioque<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><main class="sc-17ntluj-0 kszvge" id="renderPageContentWrapper" role="main" style="text-align: left;"><div class="sc-fotOHu ctwmxk"><div class="sc-hkgtus bzUNBn"><div class="sc-bSqaIl fZnwYQ"><div class="sc-fotOHu kbqvBm"><div class="sc-jivBlf hMwIOn"><div class="sc-fotOHu cEuxJe"><div data-tag="post-card"><div class="sc-5rbuj9-0"><div class="sc-fotOHu dAuLea"><div class="sc-bUbRBg DtlPv"><div class="sc-fyrocj kzlXhX"><div class="sc-iWVNaa kBsmDE"><div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="sc-fotOHu xkUkD"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-1 juoVLc" data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/87026066/51cb847fd8fd47debc4a0aa39b73d830/eyJ3Ijo2MjB9/1.jpg?token-time=1693440000&token-hash=o7PslM6Yk6UoaTCXGD3RaXJgnWy3XxSvDa8gMFB7J64%3D" width="100%"></span></div></div><div class="sc-rcywpx-7 fFDwYV"><div class="stackable mb-xs"><div class="sc-rcywpx-8 cZcDbI"><div class="sc-fotOHu bMEszz"><div class="sc-fotOHu evyySJ"><span style="font-family: arial; 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This is precisely why we must not unite with them unless they dismiss the addition from the Creed <em>filioque</em> and confess the Creed as we do." St. Mark Ephesus<span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></main><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/08/on-filioque.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-58176264344195781952023-08-16T13:06:00.005-05:002023-08-16T13:06:51.853-05:00Another Quick Update<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello, dear readers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In trying to streamline my blogging process to where I don't have to post to two places for every new blog post, I am trying a service that will post here on Blogger when a new public post is made over on my Patreon. I'm not sure what that will look like on this end, and I hope it will be beneficial to all of us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If it does not go well, then I will just continue on with how things have been, and see what happens from there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lord, have mercy on me the sinner.<br /></span></p>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-8770507134748444382023-08-01T06:00:00.001-05:002023-08-01T06:00:00.141-05:00On Evangelism<p> </p><div data-contents="true"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="9iam7" data-offset-key="1goq0-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1goq0-0-0"><div class="" style="background-image: url("https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/86541102/19ecc57c857c450d9023e11d261c96b9/eyJ3Ijo4MjAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=FkbUTxX37mKILdcJNIiDf0F67jY-bKQm_Jthdyg8MoE%3D"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 1px solid var(--global-content-muted-default); font-size: 744.75px; height: 744.75px; letter-spacing: 595.8px; line-height: 744.75px; min-height: 16px; min-width: 16px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: bottom; width: 595.8px;"><span> <span></span></span></div></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/08/on-evangelism.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-666805296547230412023-07-25T06:00:00.001-05:002023-07-25T06:00:00.151-05:00General Update, and new laptop<p> </p><div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="sc-fotOHu xkUkD"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-1 juoVLc" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/86245997/7b4cffb443904b3e851755e0f9bd1de3/eyJ3Ijo2MjB9/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=cSv4n32HuoMM8D96sssfGhzz50BZ8u6ouS2XDcV83J0%3D" width="100%"></div></div><div class="stackable mb-xs"><div class="sc-1n9tf3q-0 dRhvKp"><div class="sc-fotOHu bMEszz"><div class="sc-fotOHu evyySJ"><a class="sc-hBUSln kQJyed" data-tag="post-published-at" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/general-update-86245997"><span class="sc-kLwhqv jaxqPa" color="gray2">July 18 at 6:01 AM<span></span></span></a></div></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/07/general-update-and-new-laptop.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-87898119708099723212023-07-24T10:51:00.004-05:002023-07-24T10:51:45.838-05:00My apologies to my Blogger readers<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I apologize for not having updated earlier. I forgot that when I have an early access post over on my Patreon page that it does not automatically post over here, so there is a new post today that is late to hit (it should have hit last week), and there will be a post here tomorrow that is already up for my patrons and will be public over on my Patreon page tomorrow as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also have an early access post hitting tomorrow for my patrons, and it should be live here next week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please check back here regularly for new updates, and also, please check out my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/orthodoxsoldier">Patreon</a> even if you can not join a paid tier. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lastly, this week I will start going through all of my old posts here and moving them over to Patreon. Since those posts were already free here, they will be free when I move them over. All new posts will hit my Patreon for paid tiers first, and then they will be made public. </span> <br /></p>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-38471030669780509322023-07-24T06:00:00.001-05:002023-07-24T10:42:54.665-05:00I have moved once again<p> </p><div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="sc-fotOHu xkUkD"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-1 juoVLc" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/8839e8f680264369a091a69f34649c1a/eyJ3Ijo2MjB9/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=U2Jf6_9vWLu82bW5pJYFOZJ3YeZM_RZR-uDoFq3qXio%3D" width="100%"><div class="sc-1h4huqp-4 jddozH"><div class="sc-1h4huqp-3 kCxYHb"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/509385f51ed54ea4845f360e8bff4f2a/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=gQ6OUbArgz0bQNrzVJ51NdKlg2juMUqBXH691G2XCkY%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/4dbbd210654141d599622abe88b0da1c/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=SUJIvPzozCFbCKK_mEpjA8nuGj-BbaGUagQKe6L_l3w%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/f082a49703fa41eb8737e44d9bb7d703/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=Tedbi1OhUiH2MoCYMMTP45nmExAeSSvxmuKaBp-CUDY%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/0034ec361d904902bf4cdc143d539652/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=1bPJ80TlR_B3MFpwALb_aH-Hi604Otx2oAkiv9fehZ8%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/a05cabd4c3744b3392a266415be21448/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=76pUmHvXaevgH7bB_0e_Jjd15R5rfHkMBHCPbFR-N6s%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/af3af36d0b3f4363a86c7138cfa22360/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=czSAXNo3spKnaNT-h675pDiPy0FIQVAaUeBzzqoBmc0%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/08125626b29a4a5eb07c5c680c59cc10/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=Zmwdku7w0X6zQBJ1R_sFWaX5vEDAfnlI7SJ9Vlbd9pY%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/1b47a0ea9a7e43efabaa03cd6d0d0ab6/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=Zwn3hv3jniMqxBcO9Z7O3EY4tKgPTjp-HZaPgX-ZKP0%3D"><img class="sc-1h4huqp-2 eMZtdN" height="120px" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/85781214/6d57c33248e44d35a25d1d381db7d569/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1691452800&token-hash=bk8RGnvyOZGrao4y-gxcnJhfwwIfuW1VK1MaACKmwNc%3D"></div><span></span></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/07/i-have-moved-once-again.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-76267953872432405652023-03-06T07:00:00.012-06:002023-03-06T07:00:00.241-06:00On the Canonicity of the Macedonian Orthodox Church<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/151046.html">Georgian Church enters into communion with Macedonian Church</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWq2v9VxxCIBt9xsSsH6_4m15lIuMGcMn9W08yzeKuAzomLBM12ZkhmovSxe7ejcsCQWt8k4QmCuLZ7AdJwagxtlXoZ1aIjSInySxfD8DFZ2sgU3vt_0bmEFlQrzTT2tyvrqw0YlUvNzgCUIp3tZWSx-GLtf6kKi-Hk5_-Aqw7vZT_dDIO9hIx6GQig/s700/401237.p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="700" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWq2v9VxxCIBt9xsSsH6_4m15lIuMGcMn9W08yzeKuAzomLBM12ZkhmovSxe7ejcsCQWt8k4QmCuLZ7AdJwagxtlXoZ1aIjSInySxfD8DFZ2sgU3vt_0bmEFlQrzTT2tyvrqw0YlUvNzgCUIp3tZWSx-GLtf6kKi-Hk5_-Aqw7vZT_dDIO9hIx6GQig/s320/401237.p.jpg" width="320"></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br> <span></span></span></span><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/02/blog-post.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-71904839724587461822023-02-20T07:00:00.002-06:002023-02-20T07:00:00.726-06:00Two Months and Counting!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div data-contents="true"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="3bkvq" data-offset-key="eecff-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eecff-0-0"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="eecff-0-0"><span data-text="true">It has now been almost two and a half months since I gained employment!<span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/02/two-months-and-counting.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-23403872967384334352023-02-13T07:00:00.004-06:002023-02-13T07:00:00.241-06:00Twenty Years ago in November<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span data-offset-key="bcuav-0-0"><span data-text="true">Firstly, I would like to apologize - as always - for the lack of updates, and especially for not having uploaded this post here - it has been on my Patreon for a few weeks already.</span></span></span></span></p><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2023/02/twenty-years-ago-in-november.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-86191260029378238312022-11-08T07:00:00.006-06:002023-02-12T16:56:41.824-06:00Against Sola Scriptura<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span><span>The first in depth look we'll be taking is </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Sola Scriptura</span></span><span><span> - or Scripture Alone.</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-54882271816668603312022-11-01T07:00:00.003-05:002022-11-01T07:00:00.228-05:00Against the Five Solae<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="79ur3" data-offset-key="2v5a1-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2v5a1-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="2v5a1-0-0"><span data-text="true">This post marks the start of a new series in which I will argue against the Five Solae (or Five Solas as is the common parlance). I cannot say when each part will be posted, as I am currently researching and typing them up as I go along - I'm hoping for at least one in this series a week.<span><br></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/11/against-five-solae.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-7936679415554811222022-10-20T07:00:00.005-05:002022-10-20T11:43:13.069-05:00The Sin of the Tongue<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="f8ngk-0-0"><span data-text="true">This Lectio Divina comes from today's homily from the Prologue of Ohrid. <span></span></span></span></span></span></p><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-sin-of-tongue.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-25403145328219296212022-10-19T07:00:00.002-05:002022-10-19T10:57:35.749-05:00On the Festering of Sin<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="3pa5d" data-offset-key="1n27q-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1n27q-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="1n27q-0-0"><span data-text="true">Today's
writing comes from the Homily from the Prologue of Ohrid. I promise
that there will soon be more posts than just occasional updates and
Lectio Divina. <span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-festering-of-sin.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-88259282631742727212022-10-15T07:00:00.001-05:002022-10-15T07:00:00.245-05:00On Forgiveness<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div data-contents="true" style="text-align: left;"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="buaig" data-offset-key="9tps3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9tps3-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="9tps3-0-0"><span data-text="true">I apologize for the lack of updates this week. I thought that since the weather was going to stabilize that I might actually have a chance to not have migraines. How wrong I was. Any way, this post comes from this morning's lectio divina from the Prologue from Ohrid. I honestly cannot recommend this work enough to Orthodox Christians - or really any Christians. It is a wonderful work that has daily lives of the saints, reflections, contemplations, and a short homily. If your prayer rule includes a daily reading from things other than scripture, you should definitely get a copy of the Prologue. Any way, on with the post.<span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-forgiveness.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-33657479523915876132022-10-10T11:36:00.002-05:002022-10-10T11:36:08.767-05:00Weekly Update<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not that I am always going to do a weekly update, but anyhow.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read more at my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/weekly-update-73126117?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator">Patreon</a></span></span> <br /></p>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-50354195016514248632022-10-08T07:00:00.002-05:002022-10-08T07:00:00.222-05:00On Repentance<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div data-contents="true" style="text-align: left;"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="6ss6n" data-offset-key="67dnd-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="67dnd-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="67dnd-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></span></span></p></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="6ss6n" data-offset-key="dkoc2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dkoc2-0-0"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-offset-key="dkoc2-0-0"><span data-text="true">I
have written about confession before, and the need for repentance. But
this goes just a bit further than receiving the sacrament of absolution.<span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-repentance.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340356251784223479.post-79667457751954704472022-10-06T07:00:00.006-05:002022-10-06T10:08:07.066-05:00On Useful Anger<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy8RaDoeIq2d8Sw5MW6Wz3PXr8EYiHjJ0Pup-bl__UYvA5S-d1HDWjWVm-LMCaeO09slefBjDWzKu28CWFafZPZowUVyFIoWMG51dsFsN64QfXYLThMZufBMt_-K2YPuMkUwEQ7vElB8Sl3AfhqBv0ZLKrUmmMTbXTZ4OfVHncf1WDjpz7m7IaM5NlQ/s509/anger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="509" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy8RaDoeIq2d8Sw5MW6Wz3PXr8EYiHjJ0Pup-bl__UYvA5S-d1HDWjWVm-LMCaeO09slefBjDWzKu28CWFafZPZowUVyFIoWMG51dsFsN64QfXYLThMZufBMt_-K2YPuMkUwEQ7vElB8Sl3AfhqBv0ZLKrUmmMTbXTZ4OfVHncf1WDjpz7m7IaM5NlQ/s320/anger.jpg" width="320"></a></span></div><span></span><a href="http://lifeofanorthodoxsoldier.blogspot.com/2022/10/blog-post.html#more">Read more »</a>David Commini, OblSB, PhD, KGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617996929948318788noreply@blogger.com2