Thursday, May 27, 2021

Sayings Lorenzo Scupoli ~ Guarding your Thoughts (Under Cover of Sheep's Clothing)

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      Guard yourself from thoughts, which appear holy and inflame an unreasonable zeal for themselves, of which the Lord speaks allegoricall...

Sayings St. John of Damascus ~ on (Amos 3:6) evil is used in two ways

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   ... even when Amos says that 'God creates evil things,' and that 'there is no evil in a city that the Lord has not done' ...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Christ is the fulfillment of human mythology

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  (such as Tolkien’s argument that Christ is the fulfillment of human mythology)  source: https://www.equip.org/article/made-for-another-wor...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Four quotes on good intentions and how good means makes good ends

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  If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.  ~ St. Gregory the Dialogist, Convers...

Sayings St. Gregory the Dialogist ~ Good Intentions

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  If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good. ~ St. Gregory the Dialogist, Conversa...
Friday, April 30, 2021

Ideals, Oaths, Causes, and Man ~ Master Kan (Kung Fu season 2, Episode 18 "Crossties")

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  MASTER KAN:  You are speaking of Disciple Han? KWAI CHANG CAINE:  Yes, master. MASTER KAN:   And he no longer feels bound by his oath. KWA...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Sayings Saint Barsanuphius ~ No one ever accomplishes good by means of evil...

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  No one ever accomplishes good by means of evil, because they are themselves conquered by the evil. On the contrary, evil is corrected b...