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The deeper breath of the entire body of the Church,

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ChosentolivetheologyChosenco-workersofGod-suvnergoi Qeo

Called(klhvsh) - Rom1:6"includingyourselveswhoarecalledtobelongtoJesusChrist

youdidnotchooseme,butIchoseyou(Jn15:16),0

Sunergoiv t ajlhqeiva/ - 3Jn8 Thetheologianasareceptor

Wemustexperiencetheology Wearecalledtoexperienceanencounter[] Theologynotjustanaccumulationofknowledge Theologyas-relationship PatriarchAthenagoras'anecdote

Yettheologystillisacarefulandprecisearticulation Theologyandspiritualityremaininextricablylinked

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Theologians

oiJ ejkzhtou'nte" tovn Kuvrion

ThetheologianasoneseekingtheLord Seekingtruth-hJ aujtalhvqeia Seeksthereason(lovgo")ofexistence SeekingaPersonnotanidea SeekingtheOnewhohaslovedusfirst

Thedrivingforceexpressedasnostalgianotcuriosityormereintellectualunderstanding Nostalgiva - novsto" anda[lgo"

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HymntotheAnonymous

YouarebeyondeverythingwhatelsecanIsingtoyou? YouarenotLogic,foritknowsboundaries. YouarenotJustice,foritalsohaspresuppositions. YouarenotMorality,foryousurpasstheactandtheintention. YouarenotFreedom,forittoocanbebound.

YouarenotBeauty,foritalsocanbeexhausted.

YouareLovewhichhasneverspokenthelastword:Lovewhichcannotbecalculated;Lovewhichalwayssurprises;YouareLove,myonlypresuppositionwithoutpresuppositions.

Thessalonika17-6-68

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TheDifficultyofthetaskat

handHOWCANGODBEKNOWN? tospeakofGodisimpossibleandtoknowhimeven

moreimpossible.[StGregoryNazianzus]

thesuperessentialnatureofGodisnotasubjecttospeakoforthinkorevencontemplate,foritisfarremovedfromallthatexistsandmorethanunknowable,incomprehensibleforever.[StGregoryPalamas]

"thedivineisbeyondunderstandingandtheonlythingthatcanbeunderstoodabouttheGodheadisthefactthatitisbeyondunderstanding"[StJohnofDamascus]

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TheDifficultyofthetaskat

hand StBasiltheGreat(330-379AD)wrote:IknowthatGodis;butwhathisessenceis,Iconsidertobebeyondmyunderstanding.

AlsoStGregorytheTheologiantaught:"WhatGodisinHisnatureandessencenohumanpersonhaseverdiscoveredoreverwilldiscover.

"nomanhasseenGodatanytime"(1Jn4:12) "dwellinginthelightuntowhichnomancanapproach;whomnomanhasseenorcansee"(1Tim.6:16).

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TheologyandPrayer

Deepconnectionbetweentheologyandprayer Louthdissociationofsensibilities

thereisherenodivisionbetweentheologyandspirituality,nodissociationbetweenthemindthatknowsGodandtheheartwhichloveshim.

Informationvsformation Prayertheonlymeansbywhichwecanbeassured

thatwhatissaidisactuallyfromGod

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Christ,theTrueLight

Christ the true light,/ which

enlightens and sanctifies everyone

who comes into the world,/ may

the light of your countenance be

signed upon us,/ so that in it we

may see the unapproachable light,/

and may you direct our steps

towards fulfilling yourcommandments;/ through the

intercessions of your all-pure

Mother and all your Saints.

Amen