Pillar and Ground of Truth

Longing of the Spirit Archpriest Georgy Florovsky New teaching about Sophia, the Wisdom of God, Saint Seraphim (Sobolev) Review of the book: “The Pillar and Ground of Truth” by Bishop Nikanor (Kudryavtsev) The Experience of Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters Finis amoris, ut duo unum fiant Explanation and proof of some particulars that were already assumed to be proven in the text Finis amoris, ut duo unum fiant. The limit of love is that two may be one All-fragrant and Most Pure ἡ δε γνῶσις ἀγάπη γίνεται “Don’t look at me, my lords and brothers, as I am the youngest of all of you, and I dare to write about the wonders of the world. I know my own badness and I despise my conscience and my bad mind; More than sin, for my sake, this great work is painful for me. And this is not my work, but your ancient and great father, who learned from the miracles of our venerable father Sergius and enlightened us rude ones with teaching and henceforth to proclaim the future generation with scripture. But I pray to you, listen diligently: if I do not write, and you do not deign to do the same, then the king’s commandment will be fulfilled and who will proclaim the miracles of the saint, since the previous ones have not written for so many years? Even though I am a sinner and ignorant and unskilled in such a matter, I am diligent in building and need to begin this work, but the finisher of every good deed is the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” “Trinity of the Sergius Monastery Kelar Simon Azaryin. Summer of 1646." (From “The Tale of the Newly Appeared Treasure”).