Full Writings - Vol. 2: of St. Metr. Antony (Khrapovitsky)

By (khrapovitsky) Mter of Kiev and Galicia

... in our personal lives, people find self-love in the foreground. Perhaps, in fact, the set ideal would be effective in my spirit if this spirit were free from all malignant elements? Is not reality itself indicative of a person's adherence to evil? So, instead of high sky-high ideals - maybe the author will tell us so - is it not better to teach a person how to deal with selfishness? But will Christianity stop at this request? Doesn't it, on the contrary, provide the only satisfactory explanation for world evil? Does not all moral precepts of our religion mean not the normal life of a pure image of God, but an image obscured by sins? Called upon to do good not under duress, not like an automaton, but freely, a person could obey and not obey his vocation, - He himself darkened the image of God. Therefore, further Christian morality has already two goals: the restoration in itself of the image of God and then the achievement of similarity with Him. A similar psychological revelation of the disharmony of life, which is implacable by man himself by sin, is revealed by the Old Testament teaching books, beginning with Job. Let us briefly dwell on these priests. books to find out what kind of attitude to life evil is contained in church teaching, and at the same time we will turn to modern life phenomena parallel to biblical. The teaching books of the Old Testament begin with Job. Let us briefly dwell on these priests. books to find out what kind of attitude to life evil is contained in church teaching, and at the same time we will turn to modern life phenomena parallel to biblical. The teaching books of the Old Testament begin with Job. Let us briefly dwell on these priests. books to find out what kind of attitude to life evil is contained in church teaching, and at the same time we will turn to modern life phenomena parallel to biblical.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B089LYH1ZP
• ISBN13: 9798651865482
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 7.0"