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(Tit. 1, 15–2, 10; Luke 20, 19–26) “What is Caesar's is to Caesar, and what is God's is to God” (Luke 20:25); to each, then, his own. In our time, instead of “Caesarean” we must put “worldly”, and say: worldly things take their course, and God’s things take their course. Otherwise, everyone rushes to the things of life, but leaves the Divine behind. That is why it is not only out of place, that is, not in the foreground as it should be, but is completely forgotten. The consequence of this oblivion, as if not intentional, is its darkening in consciousness; and then both its content and its foundations become unclear. Hence the weakness of conviction and the instability of faith; and then alienation from it and the influence of all winds of teaching. Everyone takes this path especially when they begin to neglect God; Society also goes through the same path when it begins to ignore in its order what God requires of it. When God is relegated to the background, then emancipation from Divine demands begins to take root in society - in mental, moral and aesthetic terms, and secularization (serving the spirit of the times) of politics, customs, entertainment, and then education and all institutions. Nowadays, they don’t think about the things of God, don’t talk about them, don’t write about them, and don’t even think about them in any undertaking. Is it surprising that in such a mood, teachings contrary to faith find access to society, and that society is inclined towards general unbelief? You might be interested in: