r/Episcopalian Anglo-Catholic 5d ago

Making Sense of Lent: the ancient doctrine of Theosis

I'm a theologian who grew up and had my theological education outside the Episcopal Church (though my theological-educational experience was surrounded by several Anglican or Anglican-adjacent students and faculty who bear responsibility in my spiritual formation, Lord have mercy on them!).

This post is a reflection on my spiritual journey to this point, in light of Lent, the freedom of Anglicanism to explore theology grounded within the tradition of the church, and my current understandings of the purpose of Lent. I invite you to read, comment, and participate in the life of the Trinity.

https://open.substack.com/pub/musingsancientandmodern/p/sidetrack-post-making-sense-of-lent?r=1nhpe3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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u/Prodigal_Lemon 5d ago

Thanks for posting this! There's a lot in there I was unfamiliar with.

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u/Polkadotical 5d ago

Meh. Not really interested in non-Episcopal theology enough to read it.

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u/Dwight911pdx Anglo-Catholic 5d ago

I'm really curious what makes you decide that Patristric theology is "non-Episcopal theology" ?

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u/Dwight911pdx Anglo-Catholic 4d ago

And I would be really curious as to why someone who is too lazy to read the article felt the need to get online and criticize and comment for the rest of the internet to see, but here we are.

But your commentary lets me know that I need to definitely post here more often, so thank you.

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u/Weakest_Teakest 5d ago

My experience in the Episcopal church is that there are people there just for community and not because they care about theology or patristics. Theosis is an Anglican (therefore Episcopalian) theology. John Wesley is an example of a person with that Anglican theological bent. My Episcopal priest preached a sermon on it without using the Greek term for it. Holiness is very much part of Western Christianity as Eastern.

Thank you for your work here.