“The goal of human freedom is not in freedom itself, nor it is in man, but in God. By giving man freedom, God has yielded to man a piece of His Divine authority, but with the intention that man himself would voluntarily bring it as a sacrifice to God, a most perfect offering.” MenGivingHumansGoalPerfectPiecesSacrificeDivineAuthorityIntentionOfferingHuman FreedomSacrifice To God Author:Theophan the Recluse
“The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's authority over the body and makes the soul the slave of the body. And on the contrary, one who does not spare the body will not be disturbed in whatever he does by apprehensions born of blind love of life. How fortunate is one who is trained to this from childhood!” DoeSoulBodyEvilBornChildhoodAuthorityRelationBlindSlaveContraryChiefsDenialFortunateLove LifeSparesDisturbedApprehensionSelf-denialBlind Love Author:Theophan the Recluse
