Can scientific study tell us how the
great prophet Isaiah foretold the most important events in Christ's life 700
years before His birth? Can it explain the saints' gift of clairvoyance and
tell us through which natural methods they acquired this grace and how they
were able, as soon as they saw someone, to understand their heart and read
their mind? Without waiting for a question from their visitor, they would give
them an answer to what was troubling them. Let them explain to us how the
saints foretold great historical events that later took place exactly the way
they had prophesied...
...Do not be scandalized when you hear
what is said against our faith, since the ones that say these things do not
comprehend its essence... Always remember the fundamental principle that the
first Christians knew well. They considered miserable the man who had knowledge
of all the sciences but had no knowledge of God. Contrarily, they considered
the one who knew God blessed, even if he knew nothing of what pertains to man.
Guard over this truth as if it were the
greatest of your heart's treasures. Proceed forward and do not look to the
right or to the left. Let not what is heard against our faith make us loose our
way. Let us keep our faith which is an eternal and definite truth. Amen.
Teachings of Saint Luke of Crimea
Teachings of Saint Luke of Crimea
Edition 'Orthodoxos Kypseli'
Thessaloniki
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