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Saint Maximus the Confessor’s interpretation of the Psalmist’s words read daily, “I was conceived in iniquity; in sin did my mother bear me.”

"Theology is not a science of words, but an experience of God’s presence in the soul." — St. Gregory Palamas

this is a loss, definitely a huge loss because a lot of this isn't preserved anywhere at all, but theres nothing we can do to bring it back without throwing away so many better things with it, such is life!

“But I asked chatgpt”

"Whoever does not believe that Jesus is the Christ who took our sins upon Himself, and does not believe that Christ drank the cup of God’s wrath, and does not believe that our punishment was taken upon Himself by the Redeemer Jesus Christ—the Innocent One who died in place of...

Philosophers and public sophists who make the “God has hidden himself” are liars. They are *literally* making it up. A common anxiety, but entirely artificial. God has not hidden Himself, you have shut yourself off from Him.

Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou claims that for the Orthodox, there is no discussion to be had about original sin and the Theotokos since we do not even have a concept of original sin’s transmission or inheritance. Is that true? youtu.be/kRU_SwMXgEU?si…

A lady’s internal disposition is much more important than any carnal feature. A male obsession with the flesh of a woman is a sign of reprobation.

"Man was lead into captivity when he experienced God's wrath, this wrath being the good God's just abandonment of man. God had to be reconciled with the human race, for otherwise mankind could not be set free from the servitude. A sacrifice was needed to reconcile the Father on…

"Without temptations, no one would be saved, for through them we learn humility and dependence on God." — St. Joseph the Hesychast

What did the Fathers mean when they talked about inheriting guilt, such as St. Vincent of Lerins describing how “the whole human race is involved in the guilt of Adam's sin” or St. Gregory Palamas discussing how Christ healed our “guilty nature?” youtu.be/8T_5mhMsyQQ?si…

Grok is probably more knowledgeable about the nuances of Orthodox theology than the vast majority of laymen because it has absorbed all the writings of the Fathers, understands language nuances more, and has absorbed most or all of the Orthodox content online. In most cases, I…

“Therefore, as by the offence of one, unto all men to condemnation; so also by the justice of one, unto all men to justification of life.”

Rejection of PSA is from the 19th century. And it is not rooted in tradition or scripture.

The last entry in the diary of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna . . . written in the Ipatiev House, Ekaterinburg, dated *3/16 July 1918. * Alexandra wrote both the dates in both the Old Style Julian and the New Style Gregorian calendars, which were 13 days apart at the time - PG…