Religion

 “I cannot speak of religion, but I must lament that, among so many pretenders to it, so few understand what it means.”

Henry Scougal 

Expository Notes With Practical Observations - William Burkitt, M.A.

 Expository Notes

With

Practical Observations

On The

New Testament

Of Our

Lord and Saviour

Jesus Christ

By

William Burkitt, M.A.

The monks of the west - volume1 - Montalembert

ANTIQUE RELIGIOUS BOOK.

1861.

THE MONKS OF THE WEST.

FROM ST BENEDICT TO ST BERNARD.

BY

THE COUNT OF MONTALEMBERT.

CHARLES FORBES RENÉ DE MONTALEMBERT.

MEMBER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY.

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION.

VOLUME.  I.

515 PAGES.

HARDBACK.

LEATHER BOUND.

HEIGHT    22.1 CM.

WIDTH    15 CM.

DEPTH/THICKNESS    3.3 CM.

THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST- JOHN FLEETWOOD 1774

 The Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Containing the Genealogy of Our Glorious Redeemer Together with the Lives and Sufferings of His Holy Apostles, Evangelists, and other Primitive Martyrs etc. By the Reverend John Fleetwood, D.D. Printed for J.Cooke, at No.17, Pater-Noster Row, London Dated MDCCLXXIV (1774)

 

Do not let pass any opportunity to pray for anyone, either at his request or at the request of his relatives, friends, of those who esteem him, or of his acquaintances. The Lord looks favorably upon the prayer of our love, and upon our boldness before him. Besides this, prayer for others is very beneficial to the one himself who prays for others; it purifies the heart, strengthens faith and hope in God, and enkindles our love for God and our neighbor. When praying, say thus: ‘Lord, it is possible for Thee to do this or that to this servant of Thine; do this for him, for Thy name is the Merciful Love of Men and the Almighty.

+ St. John of Kronstadt

They Have Committed Every Sin Of The Flesh, But I Love Them

 

Saint Porphyrios: "They Have Committed Every Sin Of The Flesh, But I Love Them"

The Elder told me one day:

"Boys and girls come to me sometimes. Those poor children, and what haven't they done. They have committed every sin of the flesh, but I love them."

The Elder did not justify the actions of the youth, which he characterized as carnal sins, but at the same time he loved them as precious souls "for whom Christ died". By his love he attracted them like a magnet and gradually they were healed of their worship of the flesh.

This patristic attitude of the Elder was misunderstood by conservative puritans, who mourned, and some irresponsible progressives, who rejoiced, for the same reason: that supposedly the Elder "tolerated" carnal sins. They did not understand that sin cannot be combated against with an intolerant condemnation of the sinner, nor through guilty legalism of the fall. The Elder effectively fought sin by loving the sinner and helping them become aware of their responsibility for their fall, and the possibility in Christ of them being freed from it and guilt through repentance and forgiveness and the life in Christ. He wanted to guide them to a new life, and not trouble their soul with the past.

Source: From the book Hieromonk Elder Porphyrios: An Anthology of Advice.