“The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we are capable of forming; so that now as we plunge into that darkness which is beyond intellect, we shall find ourselves not simply running short of words but actually speechless and unknowing.” IdeasFactsRunningChristianDarknessCapableIntellectFlightOrthodoxConfinedOrthodox ChristianPlungeOur WordsSpeechlessUnknowing Author:Pope Dionysius
“I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see, so as to know, unseeing and unknowing, that which lies beyond all vision and knowledge. For this would be really to see and to know: to praise the Transcendent One in a transcending way... We would be like sculptors who set out to carve a statue. They remove every obstacle to the pure view of the hidden image, and simply by the act of clearing aside they show up the beauty which is hidden.” IfsKnowsWayShowsLightWould BeChristianLyingViewsVisionDarknessPrayingPureSightPraiseObstaclesRemoveOrthodoxStatuesI PrayOrthodox ChristianTranscendentSculptorsClearingTranscendingUnknowing Author:Pope Dionysius
“Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up to the farthest, highest peak of mystic scripture, where the mysteries of God's Word lie simple, absolute and unchangeable in the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence. Amid the deepest shadow they pour overwhelming light on what is most manifest. Amid the wholly unsensed and unseen they completely fill our sightless minds with treasures beyond all beauty.” MindLightChristianLyingHeavenSimpleSilenceDarknessMysteryHigherGoodnessHighestShadowAbsolutesGuidesBrilliantScriptureTreasureDivinityOrthodoxManifestOverwhelmingUnseenOrthodox ChristianMysticTrinityLight UpUnchangeableUnknowingMystery Of God Author:Pope Dionysius
