“The light of the Lord's transfiguration does not come into being or cease to be, nor is it circumscribed or perceptible to the senses, even though for a short time on the narrow mountain top it was seen by human eyes.” HumansDoeHas BeensMomentsLightEyeChristianSpiritLordSawsTaughtHolyMountainTransformationFleshSensesCeaseGrantedHoly SpiritOrthodoxThat MomentDiscipleShort TimeIneffableMountain TopHuman EyesTransfiguration Author:Gregory Palamas
“Life of the soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the soul. As the soul was separated from God and died in consequence of the violation of the commandment, so by obedience to the commandment it is again united to God and is quickened. This is why the Lord says in the Gospels, 'The words I speak to you are spirit and life' (Jn. 6:63).” SoulBodyChristianSpiritSpeakUnitedLordConsequenceDiedUnionsObedienceOrthodoxCommandmentsViolation Author:Gregory Palamas
“... whenever Christ, the Bridegroom of pure souls, is mystically united with each soul, He gives the Father occasion to rejoice over this as at a wedding. It is Christ Himself Who says, 'Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner who repents' (Lk. 15:7). For joy, according to the Apostle, is the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22), Who through conversion brings back to Christ those living in repentance, and reunites them with Him. And this joy embraces both those in heaven and godly men on earth. That is why there is joy in heaven over one repentant sinner.” MenGivingSoulEarthChristianJoySpiritFatherHeavenChristUnitedHolyPureEmbraceFruitConversionOccasionsHoly SpiritSinnerOrthodoxRepentanceRejoiceGodlyRepentApostlesOrthodox ChristianGalsPure SoulBridegroomGodly Man Author:Gregory Palamas
“If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously. In the same way, through the Apostles ordaining their successors, and these successors ordaining others, and so on, the grace of the Holy Spirit is handed down through all generations and enlightens all who obey their spiritual shepherds and teachers.” IfsWayLightChristianSpiritualSpiritGraceTeacherGenerationsHolyBurningHoly SpiritOrthodoxLampsEnlighteningApostlesSuccessionShepherdsSuccessors Author:Gregory Palamas
“...although divided in His various powers and energies, in each of His works the Holy Spirit is wholly present and active, undividedly divided, partaken of while remaining complete, like the sun's ray.” ChristianSpiritEnergySunHolyVariousActiveHoly SpiritOrthodoxDividedRaysOrthodox Christian Author:Gregory Palamas
“...the grace of the Spirit takes possession of the quiet soul, and gives it a taste of the unspeakable good things to come, which no passionate and negligent eye has seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of such a man (cf. I Cor. 2:9). This taste is the earnest of these good things, and the heart which accepts these pledges becomes spiritual and receives assurance of its salvation.” MenGivingHeartSoulEyeChristianSpiritualSpiritAcceptingGraceHeardTasteQuietEarsSalvationGood ThingsPassionatePossessionOrthodoxAssuranceEarnestPledgeOrthodox ChristianUnspeakableCfs Author:Gregory Palamas
“'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your God' (Jn. 20:!7). He is our Father by grace through the Spirit of adoption (Rom. 8:15), but His Father by nature on account of His divinity. Similarly, He is our God as the creator of our human nature, but His God by reason of the dispensation whereby He became man. He made these distinctions so that we might understand the difference.” MenHumansMadeReasonMightChristianSpiritFatherDifferencesGraceHuman NatureAccountsCreatorDistinctionDivinityOrthodoxAdoptionOur FatherOrthodox ChristianBrethren Author:Gregory Palamas
“Being bodiless, God is nowhere, but as God He is everywhere. If there were a mountain, a place or any part of Creation where God was not, then He would be found to be in some way circumscribed. So He is everywhere and in everything. In what way is this so? Is He contained not by each part but by the whole? No, because then that would be a body. He embraces and encompasses everything, and is Himself everywhere and also above everything, worshipped by true worshippers in His Spirit and Truth.” IfsWayWholeBodyWould BeChristianSpiritFoundCreationMountainEmbraceOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianWorshippers Author:Gregory Palamas
“The heavenly Father Whom we worship is the Father of the Truth, namely, of the only-begotten Son, and has the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, and those who worship Him in these Two do so because they believe in these Persons and act through Them. For the Apostle tells us that it is through the Spirit that we worship and pray (cf. Rom. 8:26), and God's only-begotten Son says, 'No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me' (John 14:6).” MenBelievePersonsTwoChristianSpiritFatherSonPrayingHolyWorshipHoly SpiritHeavenlyOrthodoxApostlesOrthodox ChristianHeavenly FatherCfs Book:The homilies Source: The homilies
