Resolution of Questions · Lecture 113
Resolution of Questions 113
A lecture by Fr. Athanasios Mytilinaios · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Fr. Athanasios Mytilinaios answers questions on the state of departed souls, teaching that they do not directly perceive earthly words but pass to an intermediate condition in Hades or Paradise until the Resurrection and Last Judgment, when the fullness of glory or punishment follows the soul's reunion with the body. He defends prayer to the saints as an indirect communion through the angels and God's will to glorify His own, citing Saint Demetrios, and he distinguishes aggressive war, which he rejects, from defensive war, which he judges necessary when faith and family are attacked, recalling the Maccabees. He presents the sign of the Cross as a confession of the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation, explains Christ's differing words to Mary Magdalene and Thomas, and affirms that God's essence remains unknowable, disclosed through His uncreated energies.
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