"It was perhaps reasonable to think that He randomly spoke these, & that they weren't true; but when the things spoken with such authority came to pass, it is manifest that God really took our nature upon Him & delivered doctrines of salvation to men."
St. Origen of Alexandria ✥
A summary of the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity, from the book, "Our Orthodox Christian Faith," by Athanasios Frangopoulos, an Eastern Orthodox theologian. ✚
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
“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 ✚
Thank Him for His creation, for His sending #Christ His only begotten Son, that He might save man by blotting out his transgressions, that He might remit ungodliness and sins, and might “purify him from all filthiness of flesh and spirit.”
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles ✥
"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
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness— that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ✥