“Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace of God.” Has BeensSoulChristianFormTeachGraceGenuineOrthodoxConfessionGrace Of GodOrthodox Christian Author:Maximus the Confessor
“If... Adam had trusted in God and been nourished from the tree of life (Gn. 2:9)? he would not have set aside the immortality that had been granted. For such immortality is eternally preserved by participation in life, since all life is genuine and preserved by appropriate food. The food of that blessed life is 'the bread that came down from heaven and gives life to the world' (Jn. 6:33), just as the inerrant Word Himself declares about Himself in the Gospels.” IfsWorldGivingChristianLife IsHeavenTreeBlessedGenuineBreadGrantedImmortalityAppropriateOrthodoxAdamTrustedParticipationBlessed LifeTree Of Life Author:Maximus the Confessor
“When you reject the genuine, you are wide open for the spurious. Paul wrote to the Thessalonians that when someone rejects the love of the truth that they might be saved, they will believe the big lie.” BelieveBigsMightChristianLyingWideSavedGenuineRejects Book:Genesis through Revelation: 5 Volumes Genesis - Revelation Source: Genesis through Revelation: 5 Volumes Genesis - Revelation
“This organic conception of society, the only vital conception, combines a noble humanism with the genuine Christian spirit, and it bears the inscription from Holy Writ which St. Thomas has explained: "The work of justice shall be peace"; a text applicable to the life of a people whether it be considered in itself or in its relations with other nations.” PeopleChristianSpiritPoliticsNationsJusticeEconomyBearsHolyRelationHumanismNobleGenuineLiberalismConceptionInscriptionsSt Thomas Author:Pope Pius XI
“What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.” IdeasChristianForceReligiousMajorsPrejudiceGenuineAbsurdAmerican PoliticsAnti Christian Author:Michael Kinsley