Creation is thus God's presence in creatures. The Greek Orthodox theologian Philip Sherrard has written that "Creation is nothing less than the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans.… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
As the Holy Trinity, our God is One Being, although Three Persons, so, likewise, we ourselves must be one. As our God… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
“I would urge us to be not too certain of our accustomed ways of looking at Genesis, and to open ourselves to… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
No one who lies is linked to God. God is the truth. He says, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
God abides in each commandment by His gracious power. "God is hidden in His commandments", says St. Mark the Ascetic. God helps… — Justin Popovic Copy Share Image
My parents were practicing Jews. My mother grew up in an orthodox synagogue, and after my grandfather died, she went to a… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
...unless the grace of God comes to the help of our frailty, to protect and defend it, no man can withstand the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
God is resplendently reflected in the souls of His chosen ones, and these pure souls, these images of God, like the transparent… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
...those called by Christ's name should order their lives. They should persevere in prayers and supplications and, in imitation of the angels,… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
May you be children of God, pure and unblameable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (cf. Phil. 1:15): and… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter how much we may study, it is not possible to come to know God unless we live according to His… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be delivered from bad thoughts, and another to be freed from the passions. Often people are delivered… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
"I’m not Catholic, I’m not Orthodox…" and I wouldn’t even say Rastafarian, that still divides people, I don’t want to divide people… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
...the Lord said as He drew near His passion, 'Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
I'm an orthodox Christian. When people ask me if I'm a Christian, I always want to qualify and know what they mean… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
There are people who, when they encounter inability to understand, do not ask the Lord. But one must immediately say, "Lord, I… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
God hears and fulfills the prayer of a man who fulfills His commandments. "Hear God in His commandments," says St. John Chrysostom,… — Justin Popovic Copy Share Image
A passion is a contranatural movement of the soul or an irrational love, or an blindfold hatred toward any material thing, or… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Temptations come on some people for the cleansing of previous sins, on other for the beautification of their current perfection, and on… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
He has as yet no perfect love, whose disposition towards men depends on what they are like, loving one and despising another… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as… — Kersey Graves 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
I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Some suffer much from poverty and sickness, but are not humbled, and so they suffer without profit. But one who is humbled… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Our world is guided by two principles and sources: God and the devil. All that is better in the world of men… — Justin Popovic Copy Share Image
Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
"I love them that love me, and glorify them that glorify me." (Proverbs 8:17, I Kings 2:30,) says the Lord of His… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
As far as we can reach, He Who Is, and God, are the special names of His Essence; and of these especially… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The East is unfamiliar with those confessions, memoirs, and autobiographies so beloved in the West. There is a clear difference in tonality.… — Paul Evdokimov Copy Share Image
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
As an Orthodox Jew I must acknowledge that a society can only be successful if it adheres to God's basic plan. By… — Daniel Lapin Copy Share Image
Remember that God, during your prayers, is watching for your affirmative answer to the question which He is inwardly asking you: 'Do… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don't feel such mercy in yourself, as God has… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
