--- title: "1 Inaccessible Quotes By Symeon the New Theologian" description: "1 Inaccessible quotes by Symeon the New Theologian. Plus more from Symeon the New Theologian and more Inaccessible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_all-things_o-man-do-you-believe-that-christ-is-god_2315624.png" --- > [O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God but He (cf. Dt. 4:35). To Him no one is equal, nor can become equal (cf. Is. 40:18).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/o-man-do-you-believe-that-christ-is-god-if-you-believe-fear-and-keep/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_all-things_o-man-do-you-believe-that-christ-is-god_2315624.png) ## Other authors on Inaccessible ## More by Symeon the New Theologian > [... if we are ashamed to imitate our Lord's sufferings, which He endured for us, and to suffer as He suffered, it is obvious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/if-we-are-ashamed-to-imitate-our-lord-s-sufferings-which-he-endured/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > ['Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord' (Heb. 12:14), Why did he say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/strive-for-peace-with-all-men-and-for-the-holiness-without-which-no/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/there-are-times-when-i-without-willing-it-mount-to-the-height-of/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from works the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/unbelievers-those-who-believe-with-difficulty-or-believe-in-part-are/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/tremble-with-awe-o-men-the-insults-god-suffered-for-the-sake-of-our/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/those-who-sit-in-the-darkness-of-passions-and-whose-minds-are-blinded/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [To have faith in Christ means more than simply despising the delights of this life. It means we should bear all our daily trials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/to-have-faith-in-christ-means-more-than-simply-despising-the-delights/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/provided-they-live-a-worthy-life-both-those-who-choose-to-dwell-in/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the Gospel commandments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/men-who-say-that-there-is-no-one-in-our-times-and-in-our-midst-who-is/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Illumination by the Spirit is the endless end of every virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/illumination-by-the-spirit-is-the-endless-end-of-every-virtue/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/through-repentance-the-filth-of-our-foul-actions-is-washed-away-after/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [The aim of all those who live in God is to please our Lord Jesus Christ and become reconciled with God the Father through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/the-aim-of-all-those-who-live-in-god-is-to-please-our-lord-jesus/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [What is the cause that one is hardened, and another readily moved to compunction? Listen! It springs from the will, in the latter case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/what-is-the-cause-that-one-is-hardened-and-another-readily-moved-to/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/keep-in-mind-god-s-precept-that-states-judge-not-and-you-will-not-be/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/when-men-search-for-god-with-their-bodily-eyes-they-find-him-nowhere/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inaccessible/symeon-the-new-theologian/#itemlist", "name": "1 Inaccessible Quotes By Symeon the New Theologian", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God but He (cf. Dt. 4:35). To Him no one is equal, nor can become equal (cf. Is. 40:18). He is Ruler of all things, the Judge of all, the King of all, the Maker of light and the Lord of life. He is the Light that is ineffable, inaccessible (cf. I Tim. 6:16), and He is the Only One. 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