“beyond all the obvious ways of testing the truth of Orthodox doctrine – conformity with the sacred Scriptures, with the witness of… — Andrew Louth Copy Share Image
I do not want to be misunderstood that you need a dose of persecution in order, really, to have a sense of… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Everyone who asks something of God and does not receive it doubtless does not receive it for one of these reasons: either… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
From where I sit, it's a superb cabinet [for Donald Trump] so far. A lot of these choices could have been made… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
...if anyone looks with faith at the mystical table and the Bread of Life placed on it, he sees the Person of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Orthodoxy is like an abyss of beauty that's just endless. I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
When you see your body wasted away through sickness, do not murmur against God, but say: 'The Lord gave, and the Lord… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Prayer is spiritual breathing; when we pray we breathe in the Holy Spirit; praying in the Holy Spirit (Jd. 1:20). Thus, all… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
...it is not the obscure passages in Scripture that bind you but the ones you understand. With these you are to comply… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic… — Dr. Teresa Morgan Copy Share Image
If you put something fragrant on to burning coals, you motivate those who approach to come back again and to stay near,… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
It is a great good to be given over to the will of God. Then the Lord alone is in the soul,… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Suppose the hellfire of the orthodox really existed! We have no assurance that it does not! It seems incredible, but many incredible… — W.N.P. Barbellion Copy Share Image
What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Between the scribe who has read and the prophet who has seen there is a difference as wide as the sea. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a New Testament Christian. I reject and throw out titles. I'm not a fundamentalist, though I'm fundamental in all of my… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
A discerning man, when he eats grapes, takes only the ripe ones and leaves the sour. Thus also the discerning mind carefully… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
I hate orthodox criticism. I don't mean great criticism, like that of Matthew Arnold and others, but the usual small niggling, fussy-mussy… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Do not say that faith in Christ alone can save you, for this is not possible if you do not attain love… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
In all things that you find in the Holy Scriptures, seek out the purpose of the words, that you may enter into… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Amma Theodora said: A certain monk, afflicted by many sorrows, said to himself, "Leave this place." With these words he began to… — Ignatius Bryanchaninov Copy Share Image
... we can see both that love for God is begotten from the virtues and that virtues are born of love. For… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
...the aim of every hierarchy is always to imitate God so as to take on His form... the task of every hierarchy… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
In India, I have been called a 'destroyer.' But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard,… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
...reasonable natures have free will, and can turn to the good or the bad voluntarily by themselves. They either attach themselves to… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
'For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them' (Mt. 18:20). I… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
They have not understood that the Lord's Cross discloses the entire dispensation of His coming in the flesh, and contains within it… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
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