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6/30/2025, 2:16:44 PM
>>24501368
>75. Herod exemplifies the will of the flesh; Pilate, the senses; Caesar, sensible things; and the Jews, the soul's thoughts. When the soul through ignorance associates with sensible things, it betrays the Logos into the hands of the senses to be put to death and proclaims within itself the kingship of perishable things. For the Jews say, 'We have no king but Caesar' (John 19:15).
>76. Again, Herod exemplifies the activity of the passions; Pilate, a disposition that is deluded by them; Caesar, the ruler of the world of darkness; and the Jews, the soul. When the soul submits to the passions and betrays virtue into the power of an evil disposition, it manifestly denies the kingdom of God and transfers itself to the destructive tyranny of the devil.
>77. The subjugation of the passions is not sufficient to ensure spiritual happiness for the soul unless the soul also acquires the virtues by keeping the commandments. Scripture says, 'Do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,' that is, the operations of the passions, but 'because your names are written in heaven' (Luke 10;20), having been transferred to the place of dispassion by the grace of sonship gained through the virtues.
From the Century on Theology, Saint Maximus the Confessor
>75. Herod exemplifies the will of the flesh; Pilate, the senses; Caesar, sensible things; and the Jews, the soul's thoughts. When the soul through ignorance associates with sensible things, it betrays the Logos into the hands of the senses to be put to death and proclaims within itself the kingship of perishable things. For the Jews say, 'We have no king but Caesar' (John 19:15).
>76. Again, Herod exemplifies the activity of the passions; Pilate, a disposition that is deluded by them; Caesar, the ruler of the world of darkness; and the Jews, the soul. When the soul submits to the passions and betrays virtue into the power of an evil disposition, it manifestly denies the kingdom of God and transfers itself to the destructive tyranny of the devil.
>77. The subjugation of the passions is not sufficient to ensure spiritual happiness for the soul unless the soul also acquires the virtues by keeping the commandments. Scripture says, 'Do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,' that is, the operations of the passions, but 'because your names are written in heaven' (Luke 10;20), having been transferred to the place of dispassion by the grace of sonship gained through the virtues.
From the Century on Theology, Saint Maximus the Confessor
6/28/2025, 7:56:10 PM
>>24503316
This is ridiculously at odds with Christianity. Christians praying the Horologian pray to be clear minded and given onto wisdom multiple times a day. The Patristics are filled with calls to take up ascetic labors that one might be prepared for the contest with the world, even onto excruciation and martyrdom. When Dostoevsky wants to attack Christianity through Ivan as a sort of foil for his own Christian understanding he rightfully has Ivan's Grand Inquisitor tell Christ that he expects too much of men and expects them to be too heroic, that the price of diefication and theosis is too high, the goal too arduous.
This is ridiculously at odds with Christianity. Christians praying the Horologian pray to be clear minded and given onto wisdom multiple times a day. The Patristics are filled with calls to take up ascetic labors that one might be prepared for the contest with the world, even onto excruciation and martyrdom. When Dostoevsky wants to attack Christianity through Ivan as a sort of foil for his own Christian understanding he rightfully has Ivan's Grand Inquisitor tell Christ that he expects too much of men and expects them to be too heroic, that the price of diefication and theosis is too high, the goal too arduous.
6/16/2025, 6:40:19 AM
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