shining Like a mirror, so the soul must be pure man. But when the mirror is deteriorating, the man's face can not be seen in it. Similarly, when sin has taken possession of man, he can no longer see God ..
But if you want, you can be healed. Trust your doctor and he shall eyes of your soul and your heart. Who is this doctor? It is God, who through the Word of Wisdom and heals and gives life. God, through the Word and Wisdom, has created all things, in fact: "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made by the breath of his mouth all their host" (Psalm 32, 6). His wisdom is infinite: "The Lord founded the earth with wisdom, has established the heavens with understanding "(Pr 3, 19) ...
If you understand these things, O man, and if you live in purity, holiness and justice, you can see God But first of all go forward in your heart, faith and fear of God and then you will understand all this. Once you've placed your mortality and you'll be covered with immortality, then you will see God in your own merits. Indeed, he does rise together with the soul even your flesh, making it immortal and then, if now you believe in him who has become immortal, you will see the Immortal.
St. Theophilus of Antioch (? - About 186), Bishop
But if you want, you can be healed. Trust your doctor and he shall eyes of your soul and your heart. Who is this doctor? It is God, who through the Word of Wisdom and heals and gives life. God, through the Word and Wisdom, has created all things, in fact: "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made by the breath of his mouth all their host" (Psalm 32, 6). His wisdom is infinite: "The Lord founded the earth with wisdom, has established the heavens with understanding "(Pr 3, 19) ...
If you understand these things, O man, and if you live in purity, holiness and justice, you can see God But first of all go forward in your heart, faith and fear of God and then you will understand all this. Once you've placed your mortality and you'll be covered with immortality, then you will see God in your own merits. Indeed, he does rise together with the soul even your flesh, making it immortal and then, if now you believe in him who has become immortal, you will see the Immortal.
St. Theophilus of Antioch (? - About 186), Bishop
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