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#stsilouantheathonite Beware these two thoughts, and fear them. The first suggests 'You are a saint;' the other, 'You will not be saved.' Both come from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. Instead, think to yourself, 'I am a great sinner but the Lord is merciful. He loves man with a great love, and will forgive me my sins.' *** #eldersophrony #eldersophronyofessex #iknowamaninchrist #discernment #myelderjosephthehesychast #elderjosephthehesychast #ElderEphraimofArizona #theroyalpath #ecumenismisheresy #temptationfromtheright

#stpaisiostheathonite #discernment #theroyalpath #patristictheology *** #bewareof #temptationfromtheright and #ecumenismisheresy #twosideofthesamecoin

#discernment #ecumenismisheresy #temptationfromtheright made lead one to #schism! #theroyalpath

‘Geronda, when one starts off with good intentions, to do something good, but ends up at the other extreme and something bad happens, does it mean that #discernment is missing?’ St. Paisios answers: “One may start out well. If, however, he is not careful, egoism will get involved and lead him astray. When our self, our ego, enters into our actions, passions are created, and the devil comes to do his winnowing. This is why you must try to live inwardly, humbly — working inconspicuously to get divine enlightenment. Whoever lives inwardly, humbly, rises above human trivialities - fanaticism and so forth - and becomes a zealot, in the good sense of the term.” *** #stpaisiostheathonite #stpaisiosofmountathos #passionsandvirtues #empiricaldogmatics #myelderjosephthehesychast #monasticwisdom #hesychasm #eldersophronyofessex #iknowamaninchrist #letterstohisfamily #ElderEphraimofArizona #counselsfromtheholymountain *** #bewareof #ecumenism (#heresy) AND #temptationfromtheright (#schism) these are #twosidesofthesamecoin !!!

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The downfall of society stems from this disregard for children. Many seek the preservation of their estates, but not the preservation of the souls of those in their care. — #stjohnchrysostom #children #parents #parenting #teachers #student #students #neglect #materialism #temptationfromtheright #ecumenismisheresy #phyletism #clericalism #moralism #pietism #artificialsugar

For it is one thing to say, 'He got mad', and another thing to say, 'He IS bad-tempered', and to reveal, as we said, the whole disposition of his life. It is serious to judge a man for each one of his sins. As Christ himself says, 'Hypocrite, first take the board from your own eye, then you can see to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.'— St. Abba Dorotheos of Gaza [On Refusal to Judge Our Neighbor by St. Dorotheos of Gaza] #condemnation #temptationfromtheright #zealotry #lackofdiscernment #mathewites