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6 Jun 2018

Gifts and Knowledge

Τὸ Πνεῦμα εἰλήφαμεν, καθὼς ὁ Ἀπόστολος, οὐχ ἵνα ἐπιστάμεθα τίς ἐστι κατὰ τὴν ἀκριβειαν ἡ φύσις τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ' ἵνα νοήσωμεν τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ χαρισθέντα ἡμῖν μυρία ἀγαθὰ δωρήματα, ἄπερ καὶ διαλεγόμεθα τοῖς μαθητευομένοις.

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΙΗ', Πτολεμαιῳ
The Spirit we have received, as the Apostle says, 1 is not that we know more exactly the nature of God but  that we know the countless good things of God that have been given to us, and that thinking on them we may be teachers of them

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 18 To Ptolemaius

1 1 Cor 2.12

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