| Τὸ Πνεῦμα ἔλαβες, τὸ ἑρευνοῦν καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ, οὐχ ἵνα καταλάβῃς φύσιν Θεοῦ, ὡς λέγει Εὐνόμιος ὁ παραπλὴξ, ἀλλ' ἵνα βαθέως καὶ σοφὼς δοξάζῃς τὸν Κύριον· φησὶ γὰρ ὁ Ἀπόστολος, ὅτι Ἐγὼ οὕπω λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι, διώκω δὲ, εἲγε καὶ καταλάβω. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΙϚ', Πτολεμαιῳ Συνκλητικῳ |
The Spirit which you have received searches the depths of God, 1 not that you comprehend the Divine nature, as the demented Eunomius says, but that wisely and deeply you might glorify the Lord; for as the Apostle said, 'I do not think I have understood but I seek that I might understand.' 2 Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 16, To Ptolemaeus 1 1 Cor 2.10 2 Phil 3.12 |
15 Sept 2017
The Spirit and the Incomprehensible
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