“...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite, divine and ineffable dwelling place (cf. Jn. 14:2) will be ours to enjoy. For this is what our sainted teacher said in his famous philosophical aphorism: 'Then we shall know as we are known' (I Cor. 13:12), when we mingle our god-formed mind and divine reason to what is properly its own and the image returns to the archetype for which it now longs.” IfsKnowsMindSaidReasonChristianEnjoyKnownTeacherDivineReturnPerfectionPhilosophicalInfiniteOrthodoxAphorismKnowing GodDwellingOrthodox ChristianArchetypeCfsIneffableDwelling Place Author:Pope Dionysius
“The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see God, to receive the greatest gifts of His light, to contemplate the divine splendor in primordial power, to be filled with the gifts that bring wisdom and to share these generously with subordinates as a part of the beneficent outpouring of His wisdom.” KnowsMeanLightChristianNamesShareDivineFilledOrthodoxContemplatingFullnessOrthodox ChristianGreatest GiftsSplendorSubordinates Author:Pope Dionysius
“We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond every assertion, being the perfect and unique cause of all things, and, by virtue of Its preeminently simple and absolute nature, free of every limitation, beyond every limitation; it is also beyond every denial.” ChristianNextCausesSimplePerfectVirtueDivineUniqueAll ThingsAbsolutesLimitationDenialOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianAssertionDivine Nature Author:Pope Dionysius
