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8 Nov 2018

Final Judgement And Knowledge


Πυνθάνῃ μου, τὶ φησιν διὰ προφήτου ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι  Ἀποκαλύψω τὰ ὁπίσθιά σου ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ τότε ὀφθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ἀτιμία σου. Ἐν γὰρ τῷ θείῳ ἐκείνῳ καὶ φρικτῳ δικαστηρίῳ πάντα σοι παραστήσεται εἰς πρόσωπον τὰ κακὰ, ἄπερ ἐνταῦθα πέπραχας, ἵνα βλέπων, καὶ ἐπιγνοὺς εἰς αἰσχύνην καὶ φόβον καὶ τρόμον κατενεχθῇς. 

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΤΔ' Σευηρῳ Προτευοντι
You ask me why it is that God said through the Prophet, 'I shall uncover your backs before your face and then shall appear all your disgrace.' 1 For in that Divine and fearful judgement everything evil which you have done here shall be presented before your eyes, that seeing and knowing shame and fear and trembling you depart.

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 304, To Severus the Primate 

1 Jer 13.26

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