Страх

Fear. The fear of God is the beginning of virtue, and is born from faith, when the mind is removed from worldly worries (sl. 1, p. 1). – When grace increases in a person, the fear of death becomes more despised (page 1, page 2). – The fear of God is the beginning of true life in a person and does not tolerate remaining in the soul along with the soaring of the mind (sl. 1, p. 3). – What is the benefit of the fear of God, and what is the harm from its impoverishment? (sl. 1, p. 5). – Who is saddened by the fear of death? (sl. 1, p. 8). – What harm does fear for the body bring? (sn. 2, pp. 16–17). – Physical fear weakens before spiritual fear (fol. 2, p. 17). – The fear of God is necessary to maintain obedience to God (f. 5, p. 26). – The fear of God precedes the love of God (for God) (f. 5, p. 26). – Those who think of acquiring virtues and knowledge without God’s fear and love sin (fol. 5, p. 26). – Knowledge (not spiritual) is accompanied by fear, faith by hope (fol. 25, pp. 119, 120–121; f. 26, p. 125). – Fear is always accompanied by doubt (page 25, p. 121). – In cases that frighten us, we must believe that without God’s permission neither demons, nor animals, nor evil people can harm us (page 31, p. 139). – What is the use of spiritual fear (for the soul), and why is it aroused in a person? (f. 32, pp. 144, 145). – Why does fear for the body occur? (f. 32, pp. 144–145). – A soul that has the fear of God in itself is not afraid of what harms the body (f. 35, p. 153). – About the fear of the hour of death, about the fear of judgment and about the absorption of both fears by love (fol. 38, p. 159). – The soul approaches God either with the fervor of faith, or with fear, or with the admonition of the Lord (f. 58, p. 307). – What should one do when the heart does not have silence from fear and trembling, and what does this fear of the heart teach? (fn. 61, p. 333). – A fearful person shows that he suffers from love of body and lack of faith (fol. 75, p. 380). – What is the use of faith and fear? (fn. 83, p. 397). – Repentance is a ship, and fear is its helmsman, but love is the Divine pier (fol. 83, p. 399). – Spiritual knowledge is born from faith and fear of God (page 84, pp. 400–401). – When a person reaches love, fear recedes from him (fol. 84, p. 402). – To a person who neglects this world and is zealous for the fear of God, God’s providence approaches (fol. 91, p. 432). This index is based on the index appended to the works of St. Isaac the Syrian, published by Optina Pustyn in 1854. * “Ascetic words.” Reprint. Sergiev Posad. 1911. M.: “Rule of Faith”, 1998