...the spiritual world cannot be
investigated using the same methods as the material world. Those methods are
completely unsuitable for investigating the spiritual world... There are
phenomena that science will never be able to explain because it does not use
the appropriate methods...
Can scientific study tell us how the
great prophet Isaiah foretold the most important events in Christ's life 700
years before His birth? Can it explain the saints' gift of clairvoyance and
tell us through which natural methods they acquired this grace and how they
were able, as soon as they saw someone, to understand their heart and read
their mind? Without waiting for a question from their visitor, they would give
them an answer to what was troubling them. Let them explain to us how the
saints foretold great historical events that later took place exactly the way
they had prophesied...
...Do not be scandalized when you
hear what is said against our faith, since the ones that say these things do
not comprehend its essence... Always remember the fundamental principle that
the first Christians knew well. They considered miserable the man who had
knowledge of all the sciences but had no knowledge of God. Contrarily, they
considered the one who knew God blessed, even if he knew nothing of what
pertains to man.
Guard over this truth as if it were
the greatest of your heart's treasures. Proceed forward and do not look to the
right or to the left. Let not what is heard against our faith make us loose our
way. Let us keep our faith which is an eternal and definite truth. Amen.
Teachings of
Saint Luke of Crimea
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