The Holy Fathers say that evil in and of itself does not exist. Evil is a distortion of reality. Evil is the desperate attempt of a thought
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth”. At first glance, one might think that this refers to the blue sky above us and the ground beneath our feet. Moving on to the second verse, however,
Christ willed freely with His divine and His human will to be obedient to God the Father till death, for free will is absolutely inherent in every rational nature. After all,
It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she,…
Thus as art can also be the fountain of true light, the inexhaustible treasury of life itself, the most fruitful source of blessing, who has won for us and brought us all good things…
Possibly a contentious unbeliever will maintain that we…
The first group of angels consists of those who are in God’s presence and are said to be directly and immediately one with Him: the…