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(Idealism, Marxism, Positivism). These philosophies had become the secular, neo-gnostic surrogate of Christianity for the European educated classes after the French Revolution,
“Captured by the ideological animus, both socialist and liberal-democratic art abandoned the criterion of beauty - considered anachronistic and of dubious political value - and replaced it with the criterion of correctness.”
― Triumf człowieka pospolitego
― Triumf człowieka pospolitego
“The purpose of theology is to safeguard against misunderstandings that frustrate a Christian life of prayer.”
― Maximus the Confessor
― Maximus the Confessor
“The Holy Spirit has superbly described in the Psalter the war and struggle of an athlete of Christ with his own fall and with fallen spirits. The monks of early times learned the Psalter by heart, and they expressed in the words of the Spirit their prayers for their rescue from the pit of the passions, for deliverance from the jaws of the enemy, the devil.”
― The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
― The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
“Therefore, the Holy Fathers say that he who desires to be victorious in unseen warfare must establish the following four dispositions or inclinations in his heart: (1) never in any way rely on yourself; (2) always have in your heart complete, resolute hope in the One God; (3) work unceasingly; and (4) always be in prayer. From”
― The Struggle for Virtue: Asceticism in a Modern Secular Society
― The Struggle for Virtue: Asceticism in a Modern Secular Society
“We show right judgment and evince salutary intelligence when, in reading about the rules and experiences of the ancient Fathers and of their obedience—equally amazing both in the directors and in those who were being directed—we see at the present time a general decline of Christianity and recognize that we are unfit to inherit the legacy of the Fathers in its fullness and in all its abundance. And it is a great mystery of God, a great blessing for us, that it is left to us to feed on the crumbs that fall from the spiritual table of the Fathers.”
― The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
― The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
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