Posted on March 22, 2009 by John Uebersax
Reading From a treatise on John by Saint Augustine, bishop
Christ is the way to the light, the truth and the life
The Lord tells us: I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. In these few words he gives a command and [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2009 by John Uebersax
Gregory Nazianzen – God is Light – Oration 40
Preached at Constantinople Jan. 6, 381, being the day following the delivery of that on the Holy Lights.
V. God is Light: [1 John 1:5] the highest, the unapproachable, the ineffable, That can neither be conceived in the mind nor uttered with the lips, [1 Timothy 6:16] [...]
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