Patriarch Kirill on original sin. From the Homily on the Feast of the Nativity of Christ after the Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (2026). https://t.co/VXM9x3Ik2N
Met. Stefan Yavorsky on the temporal punishment that follows the forgiveness of a mortal sin (a category that includes the original sin of Adam that we all inherit, with its consequences/punishments imposed by God, including death)
Source: https://t.co/Nbk3x0Op6l
"This is even that Body, the blood-stained, the pierced, and that out of which gushed the saving fountains, the one of blood, the other of water, for all the world."
St. John Chrysostom, Homily 24 on First Corinthians
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"For whenever you utter this common notion, that God does not exact justice, because He is good and long-suffering, he says, You do but mention what will make the vengeance intenser. For God shows His goodness that you may get free from your sins, not that you may add to them."
It's too bad these ppl do not care what the Saints actually said
Christ did *not* assume 'universal' human nature.
Saints Photios & John of Damascus
'Do not believe, nor say, nor teach that infants, overtaken by death before they are baptised, can attain to the pardon of original sins, if you wish to be a Catholic.'
S. Augustine the Divine, De Anima et Eius Origine, III.12.
I know I've been inactive lately but everything is OK, just some busy months. I try to read your posts as much as I can. I love you all and I thank our Lord Jesus Christ for having met people like you!!
I'll try to post more translations now that I'm on vacation, I think it will be helpful for some people. In any case, I am always thankful for having so many mutuals that spread the Gospel. Jesus Christ and his grace aren't mentioned enough by the orthodox
"There are some ignorant men among the clergy who would re-baptize Romans, as well as Lutherans and Calvinists, when they come over to the Eastern Church—But the Seventh Canon of the Second Ecumenical Council sufficiently refutes [this]"
St. George of Mogilev
"A sick eye cannot endure ordinary light, which is pleasant to a healthy eye: but to look safely upon the sun, one requires the vision of an eagle. Thus the carnal man, infected by sin, is incapable of grace-filled sensations even of the lowest degree: [...]
"By faith our sins will be removed from us and laid upon our Redeemer; by faith His truth is gathered from Him and appropriated to us; by faith we die and resurrect before the judgment of God’s righteousness, in the person of our Mediator."
St Innocent of Kherson