Die to the world, repudiating the madness that is in it. Live to God, and by apprehending Him lay aside your old nature. We were not created to die, but we die by our own  fault. Our free-will has destroyed us; we who were free have become slaves; we have been sold through sin. Nothing evil has been created by God; we Ourselves have manifested wickedness… Tatian, “Address of Tatian to the Greeks,” in Fathers of the Second Century “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from … Continue reading Our free-will

🕊️ Modern Paraphrase of Chrysostom’s Message: Let’s stay mindful of the incredible spiritual rebirth we’ve received from the beginning of our faith. Each day, we should set our sights more firmly on the heavenly realm, treating everything in this world as fleeting—like shadows or dreams. Imagine a king finding you poor and destitute, then suddenly adopting you as his child. You wouldn’t keep longing for your old, shabby cottage, right? But even that transformation—from poverty to royalty—is small compared to what God offers. So don’t cling to your former life or earthly attachments. You’ve been invited to something far greater. … Continue reading Don’t cling

On this account, therefore, the Lord Himself, who is Emmanuel from the Virgin, is the sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when Paul sets forth human infirmity, he says: “For I know that there dwelleth in my flesh no good thing,” showing that the “good thing” of our salvation is not from us, but from God. And again: “Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Then he introduces the Deliverer, [saying,] “The grace … Continue reading Not by ourselves

1. It is therefore better and more profitable to belong to the simple and unlettered class, and by means of love to attain to nearness to God, than, by imagining ourselves learned and skilful, to be found [among those who are] blasphemous against their own God, inasmuch as they conjure up another God as the Father. And for this reason Paul exclaimed, “Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth:”2 not that he meant to inveigh against a true knowledge of God, for in that case he would have accused himself; but, because he knew that some, puffed up by the pretence … Continue reading Which he imagines himself to have

If, however, any one do not discover the cause of all those things which become objects of investigation, let him reflect that man is infinitely inferior to God; that he has received grace only in part, and is not yet equal or similar to his Maker; and, moreover, that he cannot have experience or form a conception of all things like God; but in the same proportion as he who was formed but to-day, and received the beginning of his creation, is inferior to Him who is uncreated, and who is always the same, in that proportion is he, as … Continue reading The proper order…

Justin’s 1st apology 2nd century AD. In the first place [we furnish proof], because, though we say things similar to what the Greeks say, we only are hated on account of the name of Christ, and though we do no … Continue reading 1st Apology 2nd century AD Justin Martyr audio

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Justin Martyr 2nd Century AD Christian apologist. Trust Christ over whatever it is you are trusting over Him! God bless… Continue reading Give all diligence