St. Augustine – You Will See Light Itself

A treatise of St Augustine on St John’s gospel
You will come to the spring and see light itself
We Christians are the light, at least by comparison with unbelievers. Thus the Apostle says: Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk then as sons of the light. And elsewhere he [...]

St. Augustine – Christ is the way to the light

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 [...]

Gregory Nazianzen – God is Light – Oration 40

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] [...]