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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Vigiliae Christianae Vol. 80, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @philipgporter.bsky.social

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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...

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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 ...

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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...

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Unnatural Death: Creation, Sin, and the Angelic Fall

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It’s great that God is both the supreme good we ought to desire above all things and that God gives us that desire.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

thinking about getting Schelling-pilled, where do I start friends?

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

who wants to take my class on sex and asceticism?

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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.

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 11/12/2024

"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

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Sacraments of War

"Christians ought to oppose idolatry of the state and the military by being an alternative to the politics of war."

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"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..."

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

How is it that all the running shoes I want to buy suddenly cost $200?

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Do people who write still make websites, or is everyone just posting to substack? Thinking about a long term commentary project and considering venues.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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?

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

finally reached St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press critical mass and decided to shelve them separately

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

“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)

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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)

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

To be clear, the people in my group chat are the first people I would appoint to positions of authority in my administration.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I followed @doctor-angelicus.bsky.social on here and immediately started getting served bird related content.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

One of the best things about living in Spain has been shedding two car payments and relying exclusively on public transit.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos has a beautiful statue of Christ seated on the lap of Mary seated on the lap of Anna.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"But let us strive always to look at the virtues and good deeds we see in others and cover their defects with the thought of our own great sins." (Teresa of Avila, Life, 13.10) I'm giving a lecture at SLU-Madrid tomorrow about Spanish mysticism in St. Ignatius and St. Teresa.

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

the saddest five words in the english language: i have papers to grade

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Philip Porter @philipgporter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Okay. I am now on the butterfly site.

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