“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
“Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.” SelfPainLife IsHigherPatientSeekingImmortalityImmortalConquestComradeshipImmortal Life Author:Francis Quarles
“Life is the childhood of our immortality.” LifeLife IsChildhoodImmortalityGodly Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe