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Nesse fio, juntarei conteúdo da teologia cristã ortodoxa que traduzo, salvo pela internet ou crio. 🧵
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Sacred texts are nothing more than an inferior vehicle for transmitting divine truth. The Holy Scriptures are the guide for fallen man and also a historical, symbolic, and liturgical book that one day will no longer be necessary, for they are a tool with an expiration date. There are no libraries, doctrines, or dogmas in paradise, and in the new cosmos speech, the senses, analytical reason (dianoia), and even cognition itself will cease completely, for the fragmentation of the mind into multiplicity originates in the fall of man, and man was meant to be simple, just as God is simple.
Even religion itself is a provisional tool (including non-Christian religions). The function of the text is to point to what lies beyond the text, even when the purpose of the text is to recount a historical event such as the life of Our Lord. So please understand this, stop the idolatry of letters on a piece of paper, and seek the true meaning with your spiritual mind united to the heart.
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On Confucius and Isaiah the Prophet:
9.28 The Master said, "Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine, cedar, and cypress are the last to fade."
-- "The Analects"
"And the glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, with the cypress, and pine, and cedar together, to glorify my holy place."
-- Isaiah 60:13
"Thou was crucified, O Son of God, on the pine, the cedar and the cypress; Sanctify us all, and count us worthy to look upon Thy life-giving passion."
-- Matins canon, Ode 4, 4th Friday of Great Lent
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According to Father Seraphim Rose, an Orthodox Christian, astral projection and near-death-experiences are real, but they take place in the “toll houses” or the aerial realm, the lowest level of heaven, where deceptive spirits disguise themselves as beings of light and try to drag departed souls into hell. In the Scriptures, Satan is called the prince of the power of the air.
The womanizing Theophan Prokopovich and his latinizing and lutheran SUB-THEOLOGY is crushed by the Divine Maximus the Confessor.
Half the stuff written by russians during the heavy latinization period can be burned for all I care.
SUB-THEOLOGY belongs in the trash.
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“We do not say that Sacred Scripture is so perspicuous that it lies open of its own accord even to the ignorant and uneducated, and to those who are not practiced in the reading of the Scriptures, in the way that any ordinary conversation does—when, for example, the talk is about three little goats. Nevertheless, we maintain that the Sacred Scriptures are not so obscure that no one can understand them if he applies diligence and pious prayers. Likewise, we do not say that all expressions in Sacred Scripture are equally obscure or equally clear (which cannot happen even in everyday speech), but some are less clear and others more clear. Finally, we are not here speaking of expressions in the Scriptures that have been corrupted by bad interpretations or by errors of copyists; for many such passages are found to be most obscure, indeed without any sense at all. But this fault must be attributed to men, not to God; to
corruptions, not to the Scriptures. We maintain that all the genuine sentences of Scripture are so clear and perspicuous that they can be understood by those who examine them in a proper manner. We prove this by the following testimonies of sacred Scripture itself.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Ps. 119:105)”
Theophan Prokopovich, Christiana Orthodoxa Theologia, Book I, 8.
I was going to reply and ended up mixing in other topics while rambling, but anyway, it’s all related... 😵💫
There is a single energy/operation in God and it's simultaneously multiple both ad intra and ad extra. Or do you think the energy of God is a mere created effect of the essence produced externally, as the heterodox believe?
In other texts, St. Gregory is clear when he says there are eternal energies in God, in the plural of the singular. This is the Orthodox version of pure act and that's why it differs from the thomist one. God is always active at all times by being outside of time, and the act of creating the universe is different from the act of being crucified and rising again, yet God is slain before the foundation of the world, knows all creatures before they are in the womb, and has already established the end of the world, which for Him occurs now.
The unveiling occurs only for the creature in time and space, and that is why it has the potential to be perpetually actualized/transformed. And none of this implies predestination contrary to free will, for free will is a divine attribute transferred to Adam that enables dynamic actions in reality which we can call quantum movements insofar as they resonate with or draw away from God (natural will and gnomic will), since one’s future self is already foreseen, yet simultaneously depends on one’s present self.
There is a higher self for each of us contained in God to be attained, and this takes place outside of time and space, for the energies/operations of God that enable each man’s encounter with his respective reason/logos are eternal (preexistent). It's the vision of oneself in the uncreated light, fused with the light itself, it's salvation, the inner kingdom, in paradise and beyond, in the eschaton, as St. Gregory also affirms saying that the vision of the uncreated light is the world to come. When we speak of the death of the world, we mean both the death of the passions and the transcendence of the world, that is, the transcendence of time and space, for although God is immanent, He is also outside of everything.
God knows each human being before reality was created, and His prevenient grace acts so that each creature has the chance to be saved. Each human being is unique, so the way God acts (His energy/operation) in time and space already existed before time and space, and was multiple.
Moreover, even the energies that cease in time and space paradoxically continue to exist in time and space: Moses is experiencing the theophany of the burning bush and being filled with the divine light now, Ezekiel is seeing the Chariot of Fire and the angelic beings now, Egypt is being afflicted by the ten plagues now! It's the same reason why the crucifixion occurs only once in history yet simultaneously in every liturgy, and has already taken place before the foundation of the world, as the Holy Bible says. The present exists only because the past is sustained now by God. Time comes from non-time and space comes from non-space, just as everything was created from the divine nothingness.
TL;DR there are multiple divine energies within the singular divine energy before time and in time, and it's useless to try to rationalize what lies beyond the human capacity for comprehension
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NEW BLOG POST - Neo-Barlaamism and Academic Theology
“Theology without experience,” said Saint Paisios the Athonite, “is like a blind mole-rat trying to describe the sun.” One can write about Palamas without living Palamas. One can write about theosis without pursuing purification. One can analyze Hesychasm without ever understanding why the Fathers insisted upon purification of the nous. Theology, that is, “speaking of God”, is not... (1/2)
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«It does not seem to me that the Gospel posits heaven as a separate dwelling place for God, even though it commands us to become perfect like our heavenly Father; for God is present in equal measure within all things and permeates the entire creation uniformly.»
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Did you know when Orthodox missionaries sailed to Alaska in the early 1800s, they were amazed to find the Aleut people already prepared to meet them? Apparently, their shaman had given them a prophecy from two angels who said God’s people were coming to teach them the full Truth.
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St. Dumitru Staniloae on the eternity of heaven/communion vs the eternity of hell
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With the economic time bomb Lula set for himself, plus rising prices, poverty and crime (he defended criminals on national TV), public outrage will explode. But we've already reached the point where resisting the regime through democratic means is useless.🤷♂️
It doesn't matter how many people take to the streets: they captured everything, and Brazil will effectively become a dictatorship within two years as Lula packs the Supreme Court with more allies. He will govern like Maduro...
The right won the house and senate by historic margins, but that no longer means anything. The alliance between the executive and the judiciary has already hollowed out congress's power over the last four years. Everything they said Flavio would do in terms of persecution and censorship, Lula will do. He barely got elected and is already talking about regulating the internet.
I never fooled myself about a Flavio Bolsonaro victory. The electoral fraud didn't happen now... it happened with his father Jair's defeat. Now Flavio will be arrested just like his father. They already took his passport.
We've reached the point of no return where only external interference can pull Brazil out of this situation. Brazilians are the kind of people who protest with extreme fervor and pack the streets, yet they give up the moment they see the repression is stronger.
tl;dr IT'S OVER ☠️
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Οι συγγραφείς εγκωμίων του Αγίου Δημητρίου, Ευστάθιος Θεσσαλονίκης, Γρηγόριος ο Παλαμάς και Δημήτριος Χρυσολωράς, αναφέρουν ότι το σώμα του Αγίου ετάφη στον τόπο του μαρτυρίου, ο δε τάφος μετεβλήθη σε βαθύ φρέαρ που ανέβλυζε μύρο, εξ ου και η προσωνυμία του Μυροβλήτου
A TODOS OS INDIGNADOS COM O RESULTADO DAS ELEIÇÕES:
Eu também não gostei da fraude eleitoral, mas recomendo que aprendam a cultivar o pessimismo como visão de mundo diante deste mundo decaído. Não se trata de niilismo ou indiferença, mas de discernir o que é uma paixão viciosa, o que é passageiro e o que é ilusório. Ou, como dizemos na teologia cristã ortodoxa, cultivemos a diakrisis e evitemos os logismoi para não cairmos em prelest (especificamente, na sua forma de messianismo político, reduzindo Deus às nossas pequenices ideológicas).
Ampliem o horizonte de consciência de vocês: a lei desse mundo é a lei da morte pela desintegração de todas as coisas boas, de todas as coisa inócuas e de todas as coisas más! E a negação dessas verdades é puro sentimentalismo...
Toda glória e todo legado se tornarão notas de rodapé nos livros de história, até caírem no esquecimento!
Toda carne se tornará alimento para os vermes!
Todo império se reduzirá a ruínas!
Todo povo desaparecerá um dia!
Todas as idéias morrerão!
Todos os conceitos desaparecerão!
A política do dia a dia à qual vocês atribuem tanta importância não passa de pó que o tempo há de dissipar. Cada eleição do circo democrático, que muitos consideram sempre a mais importante da história, já teve seus equivalentes no passado, e as gerações anteriores também as viam dessa forma...
Eu também tenho visões políticas, mas já não carrego a paixão pela política que gera a ilusão pela política: NÃO HÁ SOLUÇÃO HUMANA PARA O PROBLEMA DO MUNDO QUANDO O HOMEM DECAÍDO É O PROBLEMA!
Com relação às eleições em si, ainda que Flávio ganhasse (e provavelmente foi no primeiro turno), é óbvio que perderia. É sério que vocês acharam o sistema, que agora está nu, permitira o contrário? Com o pai dele foi a mesma coisa.
Uma coisa é vencer na realidade, outra é vencer na fantasia da institucionalidade democrática, na qual o inimigo é quem dá as cartas. O voto popular para presidente NUNCA importou nesse país. O que importa é quem conta. Na sala do TSE, antes das eleições, já haviam enfiado um pendrive para executar o programa responsável pela contagem.
Lamento pelos colegas que ficaram eufóricos achando que o resultado seria diferente. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A Enganosa Beleza Efêmera: A Ilusão da Permanência:
"Os discípulos apontaram para o Senhor a beleza do templo e as ofertas votivas, e Ele disse: “Dias virão em que não ficará pedra sobre pedra que não seja derrubada” (Lucas 21:6). Este é o julgamento pronunciado sobre tudo o que é belo neste mundo:
Exteriormente, parece firme e eterno, mas em um ou dois dias você perderá aquilo de vista completamente, como se nunca ele tivesse existido: a beleza murchará, a força se esgotará, a glória se apagará, as mentes se desgastarão, as roupas se rasgarão. Tudo carrega dentro de si o poder de dissolução – não como uma semente ainda não desenvolvida, mas como algo já em constante operação. Todas as coisas estão se movendo para o seu fim. A forma deste mundo está passando… O homem anda como um fantasma; ele ajunta, mas não sabe para quem será. E nós nos esforçamos cada vez mais, nos esgotamos, e nossas dores de cabeça não têm fim.
Encontramos lições constantes ao nosso redor, mas nos agarramos teimosamente ao nosso próprio caminho. Em uma palavra, somos cegos e nada vemos. Sim, é verdade quando dizemos que estamos cegos ou somos cegados, pois não vemos nem o fim de nós mesmos, nem o fim de qualquer coisa que nos cerca e sobre a qual temos domínio. E o que mais? Assim que as coisas nos parecem boas, nos convencemos de que estamos firmemente estabelecidos, como sobre uma rocha. Contudo, nossa posição se assemelha mais a estar sobre solo pantanoso: estamos à beira de afundar. Mas não sentimos isso, e nos entregamos ao prazer despreocupado do que é passageiro, como se fosse existir para sempre.
Oremos para que o Senhor abra os olhos da nossa mente [o nous], para que possamos ver tudo como realmente é [transitório], e não como nos aparece."
— São Teofano, o Recluso
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«Ὅταν νικήσεις ὁρισμένα ἀπὸ τὰ πιὸ ἀτιμωτικὰ πάθη, ὅπως γιὰ παράδειγμα ἢ τὴ γαστριμαργία, ἢ τὴν πορνεία, ἢ τὴν ὀργή, ἢ τὴν πλεονεξία, ἀμέσως ὁρμᾶ ἐναντίον σου ὁ λογισμὸς τῆς ματαιοδοξίας· ἐὰν νικήσεις αὐτόν, ἀκολουθεῖ ὁ λογισμὸς τῆς ὑπερηφάνειας.
Τὴ ματαιοδοξία τὴν ξεριζώνει ἡ μυστικὴ πνευματικὴ ἐργασία, ἐνῷ τὴν ὑπερηφάνεια τὴν ἐξαφανίζει τὸ νὰ ἀποδίδει κανεὶς τὰ κατορθώματα στὸ Θεό» (14,291).
~ ἁγίου Μαξίμου τοῦ ὁμολογητοῦ
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Κάποιος Αμερικανός, είχε πάει στο μοναστήρι του Αγίου Αντωνίου στην Αριζόνα με την παρέα του.
Σε κάποια στιγμή εμφανίζεται ο γέροντας Εφραίμ να βγαίνει από το κελί όπου εξομολογεί τον κόσμο και να ρωτάει τον νεαρό Αμερικανό:
– Έχεις παιδί μου καλό κινητό, μοντέρνο, σύγχρονο;
– Γιατί ρωτάτε γέροντα, είπε με απορία ο νεαρός.
– Να θέλω να πάρεις τηλέφωνο στο Άγιο Όρος σε μια μονή, για να μιλήσω εκεί με ένα μοναστήρι, του απάντησε ο γέροντας.
Ο γέροντας έδωσε τον αριθμό της μονής και είπε στον νεαρό:
– Παιδί μου, πάρε τηλέφωνο σε μία ώρα περίπου και μόλις βγάλεις γραμμή, να μου δώσεις το τηλέφωνο, για να μιλήσω.
Πράγματι ο νεαρός μετά από μία ώρα πήρε τηλέφωνο στην μονή του Αγίου Όρους και στα Αμερικάνικα είπε στον μοναχό που σήκωσε το τηλέφωνο, ότι ο γέροντας Εφραίμ από την Αριζόνα ήθελε να τους μιλήσει.
Καθώς τα έλεγε αυτά ο νεαρός Αμερικανός κατευθυνόταν στο κελλί του γέροντα Εφραίμ, που εξομολογούσε, για να του δώσει το τηλέφωνο.
Ο μοναχός από το Άγιο Όρος παραξενεύτηκε από το τηλέφωνο και είπε στον νεαρό, ότι ο γέροντας Εφραίμ βρίσκεται στην μονή τους και μάλιστα ήθελε εκείνος, να του μιλήσει!
Κόκκαλο ο νεαρός Αμερικανός!.
Και ακούει από την άλλη γραμμή
να του μιλάει ο γέροντας Εφραίμ και να του λέει:
– Έλα παιδί μου Τζον (έτσι έλεγαν τον νεαρό), γι’ αυτό σε είπα να πάρεις τηλέφωνο, για να μπορέσουμε να μιλήσουμε!
Εγώ από το Άγιο Όρος και εσύ από την Αριζόνα!
Για να δεις τι εστί Ορθοδοξία και τι είναι Χάρις Αγίου Πνεύματος! Θα τα πούμε σύντομα Τζον!.
Αυτά του είπε ο γέροντας και έκλεισε το τηλέφωνο.
Ο νεαρός Τζον συγκλονίστηκε!
Έμεινε στήλη άλατος!
Μόλις λίγο συνήλθε από το σοκ, πήγε και άνοιξε την πόρτα του εξομολογητηρίου και είδε ότι ο γέροντας Εφραίμ δεν ήταν μέσα….
Μετά πήγε στην παρέα του και άρχισε να εξιστορεί το βίωμά του στους φίλους του.
Και όταν τελείωσε την διήγηση, βγαίνει από την πόρτα του εξομολογητηρίου ο γέροντας Εφραίμ και του λέει:
– Τζον έλα να σε δω!
– ……..
Αυτό το γεγονός έγινε η αιτία ο νεαρός να παρατήσει τα εγκόσμια και να γίνει μοναχός στο μοναστήρι του Αγίου Αντωνίου στην Αριζόνα..
Agora venha conhecer o cristianismo ortodoxo, eu te imploro! É o que você estava procurando e não sabia, ao ter deixado o catolicismo romano devido a insensatez dos tradicionalistas.
Apesar das briguinhas que já tivemos aqui e em outros lugares (como no seu antigo Telegram), saiba que você não precisa rejeitar o que há de bom no paganismo e nem mesmo no esoterismo para isso. São Basílio não rejeitava, e São Cirilo de Alexandria citava Hermes Trismegisto contra hereges, e Santa Catarina de Alexandria usou o melhor da cultura helênica para defender a fé cristã contra intelectuais pagãos.
Afinal, se o Cristianismo é a verdade, então o que há de verdadeiro no paganismo (e há) pertence, antes, a Cristo! A história só faz sentido se ela aponta para algo. Dê uma lida em René Girard.
Cristo é o Uno que se fez carne, é onde a impermanência do budismo encontra a permanência e o sunyata é revelado como uma teia de telos divino (os logoi), é onde o karma original (pecado original) que deu origem ao problema da causa e efeito é cessado. Em Cristo, está o verdadeiro bhakti, ele é aquilo que o insight dos rishis hindus identificou como o Purusha sacrificado pelos deuses, pois é o Cordeiro morto antes da fundação do mundo (Apocalipse 13:8) nos registros akáshicos do Livro da Vida.
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Vocês não vão gostar da decisão que eu tomei.
Eu tive uma prova incontestável de que Deus (o Deus abraamico) existe.
Eu tentei ignora-la durante mais de 10 anos e só me ferrei por causa disso.
O tranco não esta fácil e eu preciso me endireitar.
Eu já estudei de tudo, aprendi muitas coisas, muitas filosofias e tipos de espiritualidade. Mas aquela experiência do passado é avassaladora e gerou consequências no meu presente e vai gerar no futuro.
Eu me arrependo das coisas que eu postei aqui no X.
Irei apagá-las com o tempo.
Só Jesus Cristo é a Verdade, o Caminho e a Vida.
Há verdades subjacentes em todas as religiões que apontam para a Verdade na Fé Revelada, de modo que nada foi acidental. Esse é o sentido da história, sem o qual nada tem propósito. Qualquer outra coisa resulta na aniquilação de si mesmo por meio de uma metafísica não-dualista, em um dualismo radical no qual verdade e falsidade são equivalentes ou em um solipsismo divino monístico que trata a realidade como uma ilusão evanescente a ser, também, dissolvida, por vezes em sistemas de regressão infinita. A quarta opção é o niilismo gnosticista. A quinta é o suicídio epistêmico pela rejeição das leis da lógica, onde se adora múltiplos deuses que subsistem por contra própria (realidades independentes), contrariando o funcionamento do próprio cérebro humano.
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BLIND OBEDIENCE IS UNORTHODOX
Orthodox Christians are called to submit to the Church's ruling hierarchs. Yet, there have been many instances throughout history where the faithful have been challenged with delicate situations in which they've felt morally obligated to oppose their bishops during times of difficulty and confusion. The question is: given that our loyalty is ultimately to Christ, how do we know where to draw the line between faithful obedience and lawful defiance? (⛓️💥LINK BELOW👇)