To: Kolokotronis; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; HarleyD; betty boop
+Gregory Palamas Says a lot about Holy Orthodoxy and an Orthodox mindset doesn't it, Kosta! He defines it. Hesychastic teaching is the official orthodox Church doctrine, and +Gregory Palamas has a lot to do with it's recognition.
Every time I read the hesychastic fathers, I am reminded that it is the West where the sun sets and where darkness is discerned. Symbolism is a powerful teacher.
14,016 posted on
05/05/2007 4:04:57 PM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: kosta50
“Every time I read the hesychastic fathers, I am reminded that it is the West where the sun sets and where darkness is discerned. Symbolism is a powerful teacher.”
Have you read Kyriacos Makrides’ latest, “Gifts of the Desert”? Worth getting, Kosta.
14,020 posted on
05/05/2007 4:21:37 PM PDT by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: kosta50; Forest Keeper; HarleyD; blue-duncan; wmfights; 1000 silverlings; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; ...
I am reminded that it is the West where the sun sets and where darkness is discerned. For me the symbolism illustrates that the light increases when it travels westward, as the Sun dawns out of the darkness in the east and moves toward a brighter zenith in the west.
14,023 posted on
05/05/2007 5:42:41 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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