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Name: Wyatt
Gender: Male
Interests: My wife
Theology, Psychology, and the nexis between the two.
Expertise: I am no expert
Occupation: Student
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
9/19/2005
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| Martin Luther- A Letter to the German Nobility - A.D. 1520
"The number of books on theology must also be reduced, only the best being retained. For neither many books nor much reading make a man learne; but a good book. ofen read, no matter how short, will give Scriptual scholarsip plusreligious-mindedness. Even the writings of any one of the holy Fathers, or indeed, all of them, shoud only be read for a while, and in order that thy might lead us to the Bible, Today, however, we read them alone, and get no further; we never enter on the Bible. Thus we are like thoes who look at the sign-posts, but never set out on the journey."
hmm interesting, i dont know what i think about all of it, but i see where he is going.
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| He's not dead like most of the people I quote here, but this is a realistic way to look at the life of the cross.
"Perfection in contemplation is the
realization that we don't know what we are doing. The cross does not break
life's secret code, giving us all the right answers. To have the mind of Christ
is to know that the cross can only look like a disaster from the front-side.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus prays before the cross.
We cannot pretend to see any more than this when we face our won crosses. But
we can trust God. We can believe that the darkest darkness may indeed be a
light so bright that it is blinding our weak eyes. We can believe that beyond
death there is resurrection."
--Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove School(s) for Conversion: The Twelve Marks
of a New Monasticism
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| From Brother Lawrence's The Practice of the Presence of God
"The most holy, the most general and the most necessary
practice in the spiritual life is the practice of the presence of God, whereby
the soul finds her joy and contentment in His companionship, talking humbly and
lovingly to Him always and at all times, without rule or system, but
particularly in moments of temptation, of trouble, of spiritual dryness, of
revulsion, and especially when we fall into unfaithfulness and sin."
Hello all, it has been a while since I have updated. Here I am again. If you have never read this book or practiced His presence it is a must. The wealth contained in the practice of his presence is... i dont know, i cant really describe it. suffice it to say that it is way worth being a part of.
This is a great site, you can print the full text of the book here.
http://www.practicegodspresence.com/
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| Tertullian [a.d. 145–220.]
A Treatise on the Soul.
Chapter I.
From God you may learn about that which you hold of God; but from none
else will you get this knowledge, if you get it not from God. For who
is to reveal that which God has hidden? To that quarter must we resort
in our inquiries whence we are most safe even in deriving our
ignorance. For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because
He has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s
wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
Chapter II--Of course we shall not deny that philosophers have
sometimes thought the same things as ourselves. The testimony of truth
is the issue thereof. It sometimes happens even in a storm, when the
boundaries of sky and sea are lost in confusion, that some harbour is
stumbled on (by the labouring ship) by some happy chance; and sometimes
in the very shades of night, through blind luck alone, one finds access
to a spot, or egress from it...
--Its funny that am reading these guys now. The Lord always has a way
of directing me to who I need to learn from. There is a passage from
Pseudo Clement that almost had me out of my chair. that will probibly
be next
sorce- http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf03.pdf
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CHAPTER XXXIX
OF THE WONDERFUL DISCOURSE WHICH ST ANTHONY OF PADUA, A FRIAR MINOR, MADE IN THE CONSISTORY
That wonderful vessel of the Holy Spirit, St Anthony of Padua, one of the chosen disciples and companions of St Francis, whom the latter called his Vicar, was preaching one day before the Pope and the Cardinals in Consistory; there being present men of divers nations - Greeks, Latins, French, Germans, Slavs, English, and others; and he was so inflamed by the Holy Spirit, and explained the word of God so devoutly, so sweetly, so clearly, and in a manner so efficacious and so learned, that all those who were in the Consistory, though they spoke different languages, understood what he said as perfectly as if he had spoken the language of each. And they were all full of wonder, for it seemed to them as if the miracle of the Apostles at the time of Pentecost had been renewed, when the Holy Spirit taught them to speak all languages; and they said among themselves: "Does not he that preacheth come from Spain? How is it, then, that in his words we each hear our own tongue spoken?" And the Pope, as much surprised as the others, considering the deep meaning of his words, exclaimed: "In truth this man is the Ark of the Testament, and the treasure of the Holy Scriptures."
Brother Ugolino: The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi (1200's) | | |
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