...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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