Love the historical intros, and particularly the intrigue in today’s one. Fascinating about agrapha, too! So much to learn. Found this part of the conference a lot more grounded and applicable, lots to apply.
37 years on this planet, confirmation in the Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, Undergraduate studies in Islam, family members are Priests and Religious, best friend is an academic who teaches anthropology and religion and it was TODAY I learned about Agrapha. Best friend didn't know about it either. I have so many questions for my religious teachers now.
On this side of the grave, in addition to contemplating God in wonder at his incomprehensible substance, he is also made known to us, Abba Moses says, through ‘the greatness of his creatures’, or by ‘considering his justice’, or by ‘the help of his daily providence’. These are among the divine things that the mind is also meant to cleave always to—the divine not in its essence, which is incomprehensible, but in its energies, its operations, its activities, whereby God manifests himself in creatures and in the way he governs and orders reality, inclining it always towards the final good.
Love the historical intros, and particularly the intrigue in today’s one. Fascinating about agrapha, too! So much to learn. Found this part of the conference a lot more grounded and applicable, lots to apply.
37 years on this planet, confirmation in the Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, Undergraduate studies in Islam, family members are Priests and Religious, best friend is an academic who teaches anthropology and religion and it was TODAY I learned about Agrapha. Best friend didn't know about it either. I have so many questions for my religious teachers now.
I love this:
On this side of the grave, in addition to contemplating God in wonder at his incomprehensible substance, he is also made known to us, Abba Moses says, through ‘the greatness of his creatures’, or by ‘considering his justice’, or by ‘the help of his daily providence’. These are among the divine things that the mind is also meant to cleave always to—the divine not in its essence, which is incomprehensible, but in its energies, its operations, its activities, whereby God manifests himself in creatures and in the way he governs and orders reality, inclining it always towards the final good.