Purity and mental puritytranslated

Purity and mental purity are achieved by purifying the mind from obscene calculations, which in the paternal language are called passions.

In our Orthodox paternal theology, purity and mental purity are an inviolable condition for God's communion with man. St. Gregory of Nyssa, in his well-studied speech "On virginity", clearly states: "It is impossible to reach the purity of God without first being born". That is, it is impossible for God to approach a person who does not have mental purity.

Purity and mental purity are achieved by purifying the mind from obscene calculations, which in the paternal language are called passions. Thus, according to the theology of Saint Simeon the New Theologian, "a mind cleansed of calculations and enlightened by God is able to grasp the theory of beings". That is, only the mind that has been cleansed of passionate calculations and has been enlightened by God can understand the purpose of the existence of beings and thus, of course, move doxologically and eucharistically towards God.

St. John the Sinaitic in the work of Climax, giving the mark of the pure man, that is, of...