Download or read book Words and Letters 537 written by St. Gregory of Nyssa and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html St. Gregory of Nyssa Thus, the [general] meaning of the name “Christ” is divided into two different meanings: wisdom and power — so that we, looking at the grandeur of the dispensation of all things, enlighten, with the help of what we contemplate, the inexpressible power of Him, and make it clear that [something] appeared in being, which did not exist before, that the diverse nature of beings was realized by divine beckon - that they would bow to the incomprehensible wisdom of the thinker of this, whose thoughts are the essence of the act. It is by no means idle and not useless for us to acquire the good that we believe that Christ is Power and Wisdom. For, that the prayer calls and to which the eye of the soul draws, then he draws himself to him in prayer. And so, in looking forward to the Force (and strength of Christ) "the power is approved ... in the inner chelovetsy", - as the apostle says ( Eph. 3, 16 ), and the one who calls on Wisdom (by which, again, the Lord means) is made wise, as the book of Proverbs says (Prov. 2: 3-5 ). So, the comrade of Christ, He is Strength and Wisdom, must also be co-named with power, having mastered sin , and show in himself wisdom, choosing the best. And through the manifestation of wisdom and strength in us: the first - in the choice of good, and the second - in the effort [with which the rationally [chosen] is preserved], the perfection of life is achieved, of the two [components] the term. “Being transformed from glory to glory” it [out nature] is changed so that through daily growth it will constantly become better, always improve, and never reach the limit of perfection. For true perfection lies in the fact that one should never stop growing for the better and limit perfection with no limit.