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In his view, this ‘practical wisdom’ was “the foundation of the edifice and the edifice itself”, logic was its “embellishment”, and contemplation its “crown”. He wrote thousands of epistles. His surviving writings contain deep theological reflections…
The Orthodox Church approaches the Great Lent which will start on February 23rd according to the Julian calendar. In order to prepare for the Lenten journey, the Church gives us four pre-lenten weeks to help us understand why we fast.
God, who gives the sinners and the righteous their dues, is not someone who lies in waiting to punish a wrongdoer after the fact. What gives us fear and trembling is the hurting wound of not responding to the love that He had given to us.