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“The friend of silence comes close to God.”

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John Climacus (525-606), a renowned saint, had a profound impact on Eastern Orthodox Christianity through his life and writings. His work, 'The Ladder of Divine Ascent,' has been a significant guide for monks and nuns in the Orthodox tradition. more

“The central idea of the Eastern Fathers was that of theosis, the divinization of all creatures, the transfiguration of the world, the idea of the cosmos and not the idea of personal salvation...Only later Christian consciousness began to value the idea of hell more than the idea of the transfiguration and divinization of the world...The Kingdom of God is the transfiguration of the world, the universal resurrection, a new heaven and a new earth.”

“Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end.”

Ends Spiritual Causes Taken Position Arrogance Fanaticism Dead Ends

Author:Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

“Unless we look at a person and see the beauty there is in this person, we can contribute nothing to him. One does not help a person by discerning what is wrong, what is ugly, what is distorted. Christ looked at everyone he met, at the prostitute, at the thief, and saw the beauty hidden there. Perhaps it was distorted, perhaps damaged, but it was beauty none the less, and what he did was to call out this beauty.”

Looks Persons Doe Helping Spiritual Christ Saws Mets Ugly Wrong Thieves Inner Beauty Distortion True Beauty Discerning Beautiful Soul

Author:Anthony of Sourozh

“...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of heaven is not of.”

People World Needs Spiritual Heaven Powerful Demand Kingdoms Obedience Seductive Kingdom Of Heaven

Author:Bede Griffiths

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