Philosophical/religious ideas explored in The Gospel According to Ivan Ivanovich
Philosophical/religious ideas explored
in The Gospel According to Ivan Ivanovich
Part I:
Prologue:
-dishonesty in photographs
-Death is predictable
-History is boring, the human experience is what matters
Chapter 1: The Genesis of Ivan Ivanovich
-The miracle birth
-The goodness and purity of childhood
-the female reader
-a meditation on childhood
-God and the child
-Religion and the persona
-Ivan Ivanovich and the shadow
-Ivan Ivanovich and his demons
-The 10 commandments of Ivan Ivanovich
-A friend for the right price
Chapter 2: A Eulogy for Vera Pavlovna
-the dualistic nature of human beings
-a particular unhappiness
-to fall to daydreaming
-true love is to desire unimaginable grief
-the place where God dwells, a place of broad rivers and streams
-the etymology of commandment
Chapter 3: The Epistle of Ivan Ivanovich to Nataliya Igoryevna
-a young person yearns for the future
-to grieve in lonely silence
-the irony of death
-casting stones
-speaking over your opponent doesn’t make you right
-entropy in marriage
-false accomplishment
Chapter 4: The Confession of Fyodor Alekseyevich
-an honest man has nothing to gain
- Concupiscence
-Silovoy and the anima
-the sins of our parents
-capabilities of the spirit are as natural to us as are the capabilities of the body
-the intelligible attributes of spirit
-the composition of the soul according to Silovoy
-man’s desperate unconscious search for Eden
-knowledge of good and evil
-the first sin
-the burden of godhood
-the second sin
-the curse of Adam
-a bouquet of flowers
-suppositions and opinions are neither reality nor fact
-sometimes we are the only ones who can answer our own questions
-the consistency of virtue
-to save another is to take upon oneself extreme suffering
-the law of the fast
-the prayer of the devil
-you do not know yourself
Chapter 5: The Proverbs of Olga Andreyevna
-Money and Pride
-the eye of a needle, money will corrupt the soul to some degree
-ye cannot serve God and money
-Money and Hypocrisy
-Money and Greed
-Money and False Friendship
-Money and Oppression
-Money and Dishonesty
-Money and False Accusations
-Money and Theft
-Money and Ignorance
-Money and Things over People
-Money and Animal Abuse
-Money and Covetousness
-Man over beast
-Morality and the opinions of others
-Darwin is not clever
-memorized information does not equal intelligence
-it is impossible to give a gift you yourself don’t have first
-criticism of evolution
Chapter 6: The Revelation of Olga Andryevna
-winter is better than spring
-approaching Eden
-you must start from where you are
Chapter 7: The Exodus of Olga Andreyevna
-be honest
-the cause of sin
-unworthy judges
-organized religion is like politics
-the irony of confession
-who knows God’s mind?
-thus sayeth the Lord
-the clergy is just as damned as the sinner
-tormented by clear vision
-all are under the condemnation of God
-superiority doesn’t exist in the Kingdom of God
-the mountain of the Lord
-born of the Spirit, as a little child
-what happens when you read Dostoevsky
Part II:
Prologue
-why evil men exist
-the salvation of the individual is strictly between them and God
-the problem with deathbed repentance
-the atheist’s argument
-the atheist’s dilemma
-the atheist’s rebuttal
-temporary vessels bear that which is eternal
-to know ourselves requires tremendous effort, sincerity, and honesty
-a concept not unknown by Kierkegaard
-a linguistic phenomenon
-the intangible elements of existence that make up our beings
-man is co-eternal with God
-physicalists and the problem of reason
-God in the physical world
-lost sight
Chapter 1: The Condemnation of Marina Igoryevna
Chapter 2: Ivan Ivanovich meets Lyudila Antonyevna
-to be thoroughly unimpressed with somebody’s artwork
-everyone likes recognition for their talents
-everyone values certain virtues
-to whom do we owe our virtues?
-other people’s children
Chapter 3: The Condition of Mila Antonyevna
-the grips of infatuation
-to see with God's eyes
-the savior complex
Chapter 4: Ivan Ivanovich Gets Married
-commercialization of Christmas
-to gift to those who already have
-the dangerous blending of religion and culture
-a chosen people
Chapter 5: Ivan Ivanovich gets Divorced
-Lyudmila Antonyevna and the animus
Chapter 6: The Lamentations of Mila Antonyevna
-a sense of romanticism
- a right eye and a left eye
-the biblical dilemma
-the voice of prayer
-to happen upon the realization of your reality
-a depression
-only two things are certain
-a familiar voice
-to awake into consciousness
-popular views on forgiveness are foolish
-people love to describe themselves as empathetic
-490
-what do admirable qualities matter?
-the manner of the devil
Chapter 7: The Prayer of Ivan Ivanovich
-God watched him in silence
-silence does not equal non-existence
-when the quiet person speaks
-that man might not live forever
-holiness defined
-a right side and a left side
-the purpose in duality
-the ordinary sounds of violence
Chapter 8: The Book of Olga Andreyevna
-a sincere compliment
-the wicked can give a good gift
Chapter 9: The Gospel According to Ivan Ivanovich
-manifestation of ego
-wealth is not a blessing from God, he is concerned with more important matters
-open confession
-spirit guide
-remembering childhood
-Atonement
-the inadequacy of words
-a musical phenomenon
-God is no respecter of persons
-a similitude of life eternal
-the irony of pride
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