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John 1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Lord Jesus Christ Son of the Living God have mercy on us

Lotd Jesus Christ son of the living God save us

Soul of Christ sanctify us

Body of Christ save us

Blood of Christ saturate our souls

Water of the side of Christ wash us

#Aplostius #beauty #truth #goodness #Jesus by @aplostius

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God is not a being in existence
He is not a superhuman or a super scientist who created the world as an experience
He is not a philosophical subject

God is being Himself that's how he responded to Moses "I am that I am"

Everything in creation points to God, every culture remember it's foundamental roots. Every man has that longing in his heart

But the deal comes with surrender. One must let go of his will and step into the unknown where the heavens are silent most of time "Silence is the language of God" and if we are ready to approach him in His terms he will welcome us with open arms

God is not the sky daddy cliché... and yet we make me human? We do christians do that?

It's because our faith rests upon the mystery of the Incarnation and we should never shy away from it

#Aplostius #sacramentalcosmos #faith by @aplostius

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We have forgotten how to see...

There is beauty everywhere in the very design of creation, in art, in music,...

There is goodness in people

And there are seeds of truth in every culture

What if beyond the perceived chaos creation there was actually order in creation? And the disconnection to that order was the reason for the void in our heart?

#Aplostius #sacramentalcosmos by @aplostius

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Humanity could not know God by itself so we needed Jesus as the bridge between created and uncreated.
In John 1:51 Jesus says he is the ladder Jacob saw in Genesis 28:12

This image is an AI represntation of the cosmology of order the top represents God's transcence, creation never touches the top. There is a gap between the highest creature and the top.

Jesus fills that gap and look closely at his shoulder there we find a dove symbolising his baptism.

The more creation is close to him, the more it looks organised. Salvation is not the abolition of creation but it's restauration.

#truth #beauty #logos by @aplostius

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You can either be innocent or free not both

The fight is not physical anymore
The next crusade is in the mind
In homes, in families...
Education

Not a relentless pursuit of Knowledge but a righteous pursuit of truth against endless consumption

#Aplostius #truth by @aplostius

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"A false notion of manliness leads boys astray. True manliness is humane. It says, ‘We who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak.’ Its work is to protect those who cannot defend themselves; to stand between the tyrant and the slave, the oppressor and his victim. It is identical in all times with the spirit of chivalry which led the good knights to wander in search of robbers, giants, and tyrannical lords, those who oppressed the poor and robbed helpless women and orphans of their rights."

James Freeman Clarke’s 1878

Men don't want to be kings
We want the brotherhood the greatest fantasy we have is not that to rule individually but serving under a just prince who himself serves under God tempered by laws, councils and the Church

Such a kingdom would truly be the ultimate male utopia

#Aplostius #longing #crusades #masculinity #brotherhood by @aplostius

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She is the answer to the question
How to be a godly woman

In a world where women are no longer safe from men
And where children are no longer safe from women

Let us remember she who bore Christ, the Theotokos, the Panagia

Sancta Maria Mater Dei Ora pro nobis 🙏 by @aplostius

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O death whereis your sting?
O grave where is your victory?

1 Corinthians 15:55

Being is and it's impossible for being not to be this is the way of belief for truth is it's companion

Non being is not and cannot be
This nobody can learn at all because one can't think what is not

What can be spoken and thought is for it is possible to be but for what has never been thought it is impossible

God who is the I am and being himself is
How can being himself and perfect only exist in our minds?

Even someone who doubt God's existence understands the concept of being and of perfection

How is that possible for being Himself to exist only inside the mind? Wouldn't that make him limited?

His very consciousness must be beyond us. Both in the mind, reality, in time, in space, in matter, outside of all and beyond all...

If the perfect being and being Himself only existed in the head we could just imagine something greater... but we cannot go beyond perfection

Jesus Christ the Logos took flesh and showed by his resurrection that being cannot not be. He just is

#Aplostius #truth #beauty #goodness by @aplostius

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St Monica the mother of St Augustine of Hippo have spent years praying for her son. Had she tried to convince him she could have failed in the face of his brillant mind

Her tears and prayers were the only deapons she had
St Ambrose crushed the manchetist ideas of young Augustine

He already knew... but it took time to finally get there and after a miraculous encounter one of the greatest minds in Christianity was born

#Aplostius #history #stmonica #staugustine by @aplostius

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What is #beauty ?

Beauty is the language to understand reality
External beauty communicate internal or even spiritual reality

Beauty elevates the sense. It paves the way for the #truth and #goodness the other transcendantals.

Reality is more than the visible surface
A beautiful image isn't valuable because of it's look but because it makes reality feel larger

Beauty is a vestige of God in creation
Just like philosophies are the seeds of the Logos/Word of God

Color represent something about existence itself

Life. Meaning. Wonder. Innocence. Presence

#Aplostius

Credit : @kylenutt by @aplostius

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Introduction to the cosmology of order by St robert Bellarmine. Does God dictate the whole universe and does he rule as the sole ruler of all occuring phenomenon?

Why is it that we see in Psalm 82:1, Psalm 89:5-7, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Jeremiah 23:18-22, Isiah 6:8, Daniel 7:9-10 that there is an heavenly council around God🤔

Why is it that Genesis 1:26, Psalm 8:5-6, Revelation 5:10, 2 Thi 2:12 says that those who find favors in the eyes of the Lord will reign beside him?

Why do Psalm 82:6 (ref in John 10:34–36), Romans 8:16–17, 1 John 3:2, 2 Peter 1:3–4 say that we are called to be partakers of divine nature🤔

Isn't God sufficient, Isn't a relationship with Jesus sufficient as some say?

How narrow have become our way to interact with reality. What is it that we lost especially within the past century?

Why are people so opposed to hierarchy while the Lord himself made 9 ranks of angels

Do we put our so called morality of equality above God's perfect design?

#Aplostius #truth #beauty #monarchy by @aplostius

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VLAD THE IMPALER

The Prince Who Defied an Empire

Vlad III Dracula (c. 1431–1476), better known as Vlad the Impaler, was the Voivode of Wallachia and one of the most feared rulers of the 15th century. Born in Sighișoara, he was the son of Vlad II Dracul, a member of the Order of the Dragon, a Christian military order founded to defend Europe against the Ottoman advance.

As a young boy, Vlad was held hostage by the Ottoman Empire, an experience that shaped his life forever. When he returned to Wallachia, he fought to secure his throne and defend his homeland against one of the greatest powers of the age.

Vlad became infamous for his ruthless justice and his preferred punishment, impalement, which earned him the name “The Impaler.” While his methods were brutal, they also spread fear among enemies and helped restore order in a land torn by war and betrayal.

In 1462, Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, invaded Wallachia with a massive army. Vlad refused to submit. He launched daring night attacks, destroyed supplies, poisoned wells, and used guerrilla tactics to weaken the Ottoman forces. According to historical accounts, Mehmed encountered a vast “forest of the impaled,” where thousands of Ottoman prisoners had been executed. The sight shocked even the conquering sultan.

Although Vlad eventually lost his throne through political struggles, he remained a symbol of resistance against Ottoman expansion. He was killed around 1476, but his name became legendary across Eastern Europe.

Centuries later, the name “Dracula” would inspire one of fiction’s most famous vampires, yet the real Vlad was not a monster of myth. He was a medieval ruler fighting in one of Europe’s most violent eras, remembered for his relentless determination to defend his kingdom and his Christian homeland.

History remembers many kings.

Few were feared like Vlad the Impaler.

#Aplostius #truth #history #vladtheimpaler #romania by @aplostius

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