There have been delivered to us in the Gospel three Persons and names through Whom the generation of the birth of believers… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Men seized of the urge to have a knowledge of God and to be pure in mind devote all their gathered energies… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The longer we remain without confessing, the worse it is for us, the more entangled we become in the bonds of sin,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The worst kind of sin is not to acknowledge that you are sinful. — Caesarius of Arles Copy Share Image
Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Don't be troubled if you don't feel the love of God in yourself, but thing about the Lord, that He is merciful,… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is… — Isaac of Nineveh 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
Our Savior was crucified for our sakes that by His death He might give us life and train and attract us all… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
... the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6).… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
The humble soul is blessed. The Lord loves her. The Mother of God is higher than all in humility, and therefore all… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Orthodox Judaism is a thicket of detailed injunctions, Biblical commandments elaborated during centuries of prohibited proselytizing, functioning to limit interaction with outsiders.… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
The yeshiva where I studied considers itself modern Orthodox, not ultra-Orthodox. We followed a rigorous secular curriculum alongside traditional Talmud and Bible… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
If... we choose death rather than true life, God does not take away the power that He gave us. And not only… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
