tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102092409620291902.post445129708952699811..comments2023-06-08T12:37:20.523+01:00Comments on All Things Made New: Is Christianity Esoteric?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102092409620291902.post-22828313759423434142013-09-26T20:35:15.019+01:002013-09-26T20:35:15.019+01:00Pope Benedict writes on Cement of Alexandria: &quo...Pope Benedict writes on Cement of Alexandria: "We were created in the image and likeness of God, but this is also a challenge, a journey: indeed, life's purpose, its ultimate destination, is truly to become similar to God. This is possible through the co-naturality with him which man received at the moment of creation, which is why, already in himself - already in himself - he is an image of God. This co-naturality makes it possible to know the divine realities to which man adheres, first of all out of faith, and through a lived faith the practice of virtue can grow until one contemplates God.... Two virtues above all embellish the soul of the "true gnostic". The first is freedom from the passions (apátheia); the other is love, the true passion that assures intimate union with God. Love gives perfect peace and enables "the true gnostic" to face the greatest sacrifices, even the supreme sacrifice in following Christ, and makes him climb from step to step to the peak of virtue."<br />http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20070418_en.htmlStratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102092409620291902.post-55852539640963606572012-06-10T04:00:46.697+01:002012-06-10T04:00:46.697+01:00Well said. I also like the idea of esoteric meanin...Well said. I also like the idea of esoteric meaning "inner" knowledge and experience rather than "secret" knowledge. Good post.<br /><br />Josh, http://www.spiritofthescripture.comJoshua Tilghmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333198917873816024noreply@blogger.com