Source: http://orthodoxwayoflife.blogspot.com/ Chant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6bZe3ZBBT0
Source: http://orthodoxwayoflife.blogspot.com/
Chant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6bZe3ZBBT0
Source: http://orthodoxwayoflife.blogspot.com/
Chant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6bZe3ZBBT0
You should do a video about the Old believers in Russia
What is the source of these quotes? I want to check their context for I fear they have been taken out of it and present Orthodoxy as a faith which is anti-intellectual. (Reading the Fathers proves that to be incorrect!) Actually, St. Theophan himself was no mean thinker and writer himself, as is shown by his many writings and his translation (with additions and omissions more suited to the Russian character and clime) of the PHILOKALIA from Greek and Church Slavonic to Russian. He wrote and/or edited 20 books (one of which is 3,143 pages in length, published in five volumes) including 14 volumes of commentary on St. Paul's epistles, the PHILOKALIA translation, a book on how to raise children, and others. The English translation of his UNSEEN WARFARE (a translation and modification for Orthodox use of a book by Roman Catholic author Lorenzo Scupoli) is a cornerstone of Orthodox spirituality and practice in the United States. St. Theophan, despite his powerful intellect, did not gather the knowledge to produce a body of work such as this just by prayer and daily performing the Hours and Divine Liturgy. He had not only read, but, following 2 Timothy 2:15, he had to study and reflect on his readings and their application to Orthodox daily life and theology. While the quotes you provided have valid points, which, I, as an avid reader, must keep in mind, they do not seem to represent the totality of St. Theophan's spirituality based on his life and work.
St.Theophan’s assessment (1:37) I do not agree, because I would not have come to know God without first reading of Him.
Before the composition of the Scriptures, the only way people came to know God was on his own, but since then that is no longer the case!
Sound advice, and a very beautiful chant, with tears welling up in my wife's eyes. Thank you again, for these precious videos. God bless
Amazing teaching thank you. Self confessed book worm. Pray for me.
This is so true! It can cause so much confusion!