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The Essence of Christian Philosophy, Metaphysics and Mysticism. ✚

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“For now, we see as if in a mirror, dimly, and in an enigma; but then, face to face.”

1 Corinthians 13:12 ✚

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“The Divine One, Himself, is the Good, Whose very nature is goodness.”

St. Gregory of Nyssa ✥

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Saint Augustine teaches us that deliverance does not come from contemplating the higher good (as Platonism taught), but from freely choosing and loving it (according to the teaching of the Gospel). ✚

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Hidden Prophecy of the Virgin Birth:

https://t.co/AqfFEBx4lf #orthodoxy ✥

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A summary of the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity, from the book, "Our Orthodox Christian Faith," by Athanasios Frangopoulos, an Eastern Orthodox theologian. ✚

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The #Gematria for Jesus’ name is:
Ἰ (10) + η (8) + σ (200) + ο (70) + ῦ (400) + ς (200)
= 888

The Gematria for the #antichrist's name will be “the number of man” (Rev. 13:18):
Χ (600)+ ξ (60) + ϛ (6)
= 666

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“This commandment . . . is not far off. It is not in heaven . . . and it is not beyond the sea . . . But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart.”

Deuteronomy 30:11-14 ✚

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“It is the greatest of all lessons to know one's self.

For if one knows himself, he will know God; and knowing God, he will be made like God.”

St. Clement of Alexandria ✚ ✚ ✚

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The heretic, Eunomius: “The same energies producing sameness of works, and different works indicating difference in the energies as well.”

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Believe it or not: one of the most widespread heresies, today, is Eunomianism, but it is being taught under a different name.

“That which has been is what will be . . . and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecc. 1:9). ✚

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Believe it or not: one of the most widespread heresies, today, is Eunomianism, but it is being taught under a different name.

“That which has been is what will be . . . and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecc. 1:9). ✚

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Learn about the real doctrine of the Trinity:
https://t.co/E4mCY0IvJL

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“Folly is set in great dignity,
while the rich [in wisdom] sit in a lowly place.”

Ecclesiastes 10:6 ✚

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@ManuelQuelle1 💯

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St Epiphanius of Salamis here speaks of the divine nature as "autotheos", and hence as not limited to the Father alone.

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"The prophets did not openly behold the actual face of God, but they saw the dispensations and the mysteries through which man should afterwards see God."

St. Irenaeus

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@maksimologija May God grant him peace. Great quote. Thanks for posting. ✝️

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Here St Justin Popović, in opposition to any conception of God as some sort of one–many hybrid, affirms the Orthodox doctrine of the absolute unity and simplicity of the divine being:

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Here in the Pentecostarion, St Andrew of Crete praises the one trihypostatic essence of God as ἄναρχος:

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What's your favorite wisdom book, in the Bible? ✥

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On Saint John the Disciple:

"When you have learned who he was...and then hear his voice and all his heavenly wisdom, then you shall know right well that these (doctrines) belong not to him, but to the Divine power stirring his soul."

Saint John Chrysostom ✚

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Young Earth or Old Earth? Learn the answer from the Church Fathers: https://t.co/tsQUnzMLR4