Homilies on the Orthodox Faith · Lecture 026
The Sins of Knowledge (Part 1)
A lecture by Nikolaos Sotiropoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos presents Great Lent as the Church's most spiritual season, meant to raise Christians toward deeper participation in Holy Week and the joy of Pascha, and teaches that vigilance over the tongue is essential, since Scripture treats speech as a powerful source of sin. He begins with excessive talking and idle chatter, arguing that many words reveal pride and waste the short time given for repentance, and contrasts empty speech with the concise holiness of the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the prayer of Saint Ephraim (Ephesians 5:16). He warns against boastful and arrogant speech, setting the self-justification of the Pharisee against the humility of Job, Abraham, Apostle Paul, and the Publican (Luke 18:9-14), and condemns flattery, foul language, obscene jokes, and corrupt songs. Connecting excuses to the ancestral sin of Adam and Eve, he calls Christians to use the mouth for prayer, repentance, and edifying speech.
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