МЫТАРСТВА
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1. No one can escape ordeal
No one can escape the ordeal. They lie on the road to Heaven, but other souls pass them like lightning.
2. Whoever’s heart is cleansed will not be detained in ordeals.
The main goal of the entire life of Christians... all labors and exploits, and where these exploits should therefore be directed... is precisely the cleansing of the heart from passions... Whoever’s heart is purified will not be detained in ordeals... Save yourself (3, p. 131)!
3. The story of the ordeal is sobering, touching and turns to God
So you read the story about the ordeal. Where can you find something like this? Both sweet and edifying. In the Cheti-Minea, almost all church history and all of it is of this nature. It sobers, touches and turns to God (11, p. 81).
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