Sunday, September 19, 2004
Quotes from Ware
Father Powell loaned me his copy of The Orthodox Way, by Bishop Kallistos (Timothy) Ware. Here are a couple quotes I read this morning, both on page 14:
1. "Quoting Psalm 8:1, 'O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth', St Gregory of Nyssa states: 'God's name is not known; it is wondered at.'" (Footnote source: Commentary on the Song of Songs xii. This one's for Toby, if he's still out there.)
2. "Having made an assertion about God, we must pass beyond it: the statement is not untrue, yet neither it nor any other form of words can contain the fullness of the transcendent God." (I wish confessionalists could remember this.)
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