Philip Porter
@philipgporter.bsky.social
Teaches theology at SLU-Madrid. Dogmatics, Patristics, and Death. Author of *Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall* (Fortress Press, 2025). Currently writing on Gregory the Great.
I haven't posted on here in a while, but I thought I would share the belated news that my book "Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall" published by @fortresspress.bsky.social is now officially in print! Find out more about it here: www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall
Unnatural Death argues in favor of the Christian claim that death is an evil, caused by sin. To do so, it offers a theological grammar of scriptural interpretation, of voluntary and natural evil, and ...
www.fortresspress.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I haven't posted on here in a while, but I thought I would share the belated news that my book "Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall" published by @fortresspress.bsky.social is now officially in print! Find out more about it here: www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
If you've always wondered about the origins of death and have a penchant for thinking about angels, time and eternity, the building blocks of the cosmos, or natural and voluntary evils, I have good news. My book is available for preorder!
www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall
Unnatural Death argues in favor of the Christian claim that death is an evil, caused by sin. To do so, it offers a theological grammar of scriptural interpretation, of voluntary and natural evil, and ...
www.fortresspress.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you've always wondered about the origins of death and have a penchant for thinking about angels, time and eternity, the building blocks of the cosmos, or natural and voluntary evils, I have good news. My book is available for preorder!
www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
It’s great that God is both the supreme good we ought to desire above all things and that God gives us that desire.
February 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It’s great that God is both the supreme good we ought to desire above all things and that God gives us that desire.
thinking about getting Schelling-pilled, where do I start friends?
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
thinking about getting Schelling-pilled, where do I start friends?
Ignatius of Antioch
January 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ignatius of Antioch
reading about compatibilism, but i’ve been informed that i must go to a child’s birthday party, and i think this is what Aquinas means when he says the rei familiaris impede the contemplation of God
December 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM
reading about compatibilism, but i’ve been informed that i must go to a child’s birthday party, and i think this is what Aquinas means when he says the rei familiaris impede the contemplation of God
who wants to take my class on sex and asceticism?
December 13, 2024 at 1:44 PM
who wants to take my class on sex and asceticism?
Cry more. But it’s good.
Guilty Catholics let’s goooo (puts on mascara just for crying purposes, gets on bandwagon)
I think I have more in common with a Catholic struggling with Catholic guilt than a slimy prosperity gospel type and I think the guilty Catholic has more in common with me than an integralist 40K LARPer type.
December 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Cry more. But it’s good.
I reviewed a book for this month’s Commonweal. In it, I argue that to unlearn our devotion to war we have to relearn our commitment to Christ. Let me know what you think.
"Most Christian Marines would have a clearer grasp of the sacramental quality of their military training than that of their actual baptism."
@philipgporter.bsky.social: 'Sacraments of War'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sacraments-war
@philipgporter.bsky.social: 'Sacraments of War'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sacraments-war
Sacraments of War
"Christians ought to oppose idolatry of the state and the military by being an alternative to the politics of war."
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 11, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I reviewed a book for this month’s Commonweal. In it, I argue that to unlearn our devotion to war we have to relearn our commitment to Christ. Let me know what you think.
Reposted by Philip Porter
"Christians ought to oppose idolatry of the state and the military by being an alternative to the politics of war."
@philipgporter.bsky.social: Can Christianity offer an alternative to America’s military worship?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sacraments-war
@philipgporter.bsky.social: Can Christianity offer an alternative to America’s military worship?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sacraments-war
Sacraments of War
"Christians ought to oppose idolatry of the state and the military by being an alternative to the politics of war."
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:52 PM
"Christians ought to oppose idolatry of the state and the military by being an alternative to the politics of war."
@philipgporter.bsky.social: Can Christianity offer an alternative to America’s military worship?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sacraments-war
@philipgporter.bsky.social: Can Christianity offer an alternative to America’s military worship?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sacraments-war
Hey @htcoolman.bsky.social, look what made it to Madrid!
December 1, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Hey @htcoolman.bsky.social, look what made it to Madrid!
My latest is an article in @commonweal.bsky.social reviewing Robert Keeler's book, *Sacred Soldier.*
Sacraments of War
"Christians ought to oppose idolatry of the state and the military by being an alternative to the politics of war."
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 28, 2024 at 1:25 PM
My latest is an article in @commonweal.bsky.social reviewing Robert Keeler's book, *Sacred Soldier.*
Ok, there are problems with the modern world, but one of them is not that I can examine this 12th century Cistercian manuscript of Gregory's Moralia in Job which is housed in the municipal library of Dijon from my living room in Madrid.
November 28, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Ok, there are problems with the modern world, but one of them is not that I can examine this 12th century Cistercian manuscript of Gregory's Moralia in Job which is housed in the municipal library of Dijon from my living room in Madrid.
"About himself, no one knows what will happen in the hidden judgment of God, because Many are called, but few are chosen. And because no one is sure whether he is chosen it stands to reason that all should tremble, about their deeds all should fear..."
November 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
"About himself, no one knows what will happen in the hidden judgment of God, because Many are called, but few are chosen. And because no one is sure whether he is chosen it stands to reason that all should tremble, about their deeds all should fear..."
How is it that all the running shoes I want to buy suddenly cost $200?
November 26, 2024 at 8:02 AM
How is it that all the running shoes I want to buy suddenly cost $200?
One of my contentions after a lot of close reading of Gregory the Great and the people he influenced greatly (Bede, Hugh of St. Victor, Bernard, Thomas Aquinas, Teresa of Ávila) is that we need to recover an otherworldly Christianity.
November 26, 2024 at 7:41 AM
One of my contentions after a lot of close reading of Gregory the Great and the people he influenced greatly (Bede, Hugh of St. Victor, Bernard, Thomas Aquinas, Teresa of Ávila) is that we need to recover an otherworldly Christianity.
Do people who write still make websites, or is everyone just posting to substack? Thinking about a long term commentary project and considering venues.
November 26, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Do people who write still make websites, or is everyone just posting to substack? Thinking about a long term commentary project and considering venues.
I accidentally clicked the “books” button under interests when I was signing up for the butterfly site and now I am getting fed the cringiest book lovers posts. Make it stop. Where do I tell them I don’t like books anymore?
November 23, 2024 at 9:14 PM
I accidentally clicked the “books” button under interests when I was signing up for the butterfly site and now I am getting fed the cringiest book lovers posts. Make it stop. Where do I tell them I don’t like books anymore?
I recommend listening to Kingsnorth’s Erasmus lecture. It’s a salutary chastening and a bold move to debut it with the First Things audience. www.youtube.com/live/Y3hMSZq...
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November 23, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I recommend listening to Kingsnorth’s Erasmus lecture. It’s a salutary chastening and a bold move to debut it with the First Things audience. www.youtube.com/live/Y3hMSZq...
Reposted by Philip Porter
My homily for Christ the King, in which I quote the book of Esdras and seek to be an equal opportunity political offender: homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com/2024/11/chri...
Christ the King
Readings: Daniel 7:13-14; Revelation 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 The exchange between Jesus and Pilate is one of the New Testament’s most politi...
homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:09 PM
My homily for Christ the King, in which I quote the book of Esdras and seek to be an equal opportunity political offender: homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com/2024/11/chri...
finally reached St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press critical mass and decided to shelve them separately
November 22, 2024 at 6:29 PM
finally reached St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press critical mass and decided to shelve them separately
“Nothing can so banish licentious habits from the soul and restrain memories which disturb and stir up troubling flames in the body as can avid devotion to the love of learning and searching investigation into the meanings of the passages of Scripture.” (St. Isaac if Nineveh)
November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
“Nothing can so banish licentious habits from the soul and restrain memories which disturb and stir up troubling flames in the body as can avid devotion to the love of learning and searching investigation into the meanings of the passages of Scripture.” (St. Isaac if Nineveh)
I think the theme of my sex and asceticism class next semester is:
“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Gal 5:24)
“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Gal 5:24)
November 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I think the theme of my sex and asceticism class next semester is:
“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Gal 5:24)
“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Gal 5:24)
To be clear, the people in my group chat are the first people I would appoint to positions of authority in my administration.
Assembling a cabinet from the people in your group chat is certainly a choice.
November 20, 2024 at 3:37 PM
To be clear, the people in my group chat are the first people I would appoint to positions of authority in my administration.
This is all much nicer than me. I just tell them that they will fail my course if they use AI, and then when they use it I fail them.
I have stumbled this term into a way of dealing with the propensity of undergraduates to use AI to avoid engaging with course assignments. Probably, I’m reinventing the wheel, but it’s been mostly working, so I thought I would share:
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November 20, 2024 at 12:04 PM
This is all much nicer than me. I just tell them that they will fail my course if they use AI, and then when they use it I fail them.