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  1 Text|     sanctified are all of one' (Heb 2:11).~in one of the silent prayers
  2 Text|               greatly afflicted' (Ps. 115:1 LXX) ~The theologian therefore
  3 Text|            fullness of Christ' (Eph.4:13),~yet this effort remains
  4 Text|               wise and unwise' (Rom 1:14). However, in order for
  5 Text|            man for the Sabbath' (Mk 2:27).~Since the place of man
  6 Text|           there is not even one' (Rom 3:12).~We therefore see that,
  7 Text|            sinful generation' (Mark 8:38). Yet of course, in the
  8 Text|              fullness of Christ' (Eph.4:13),~yet this effort remains
  9 Text|             many stripes' (cf Luke 12:47).~In making public the unworthiness
 10 Text|               Prophets, Isaiah (Ch. 6:5-9).~If the Prophets of Israel,
 11 Text|             the Prophets, Isaiah (Ch. 6:5-9).~If the Prophets of
 12 Text|      theologian has in his or her own abilities. It comes mainly from a
 13 Text|               the word of our Lord is absolutely valid here also: 'it is
 14 Text|          calling from above should be accompanied by corresponding humility,
 15 Text|           golden rule' of thought and action: ~'I have become all things
 16 Text|               that, after the Fall of Adam, 'the whole creation groans
 17 Text|       superstitions and insecurities. Added to this is a well-orchestrated
 18 Text|            his or her role with basic adequacy 'in this adulterous and
 19 Text|               basic adequacy 'in this adulterous and sinful generation' (
 20 Text|         descent- the conditions which affect their character and mentality
 21 Text|      condition and behaviour directly affects the world around him. This
 22 Text|               spoken: but was greatly afflicted' (Ps. 115:1 LXX) ~The theologian
 23     | against
 24 Text|              theologian, who in every age is called to become 'the
 25 Text|               constant throughout the ages -due to the nobility of
 26     | almost
 27     | although
 28     | always
 29 Text|              Nevertheless, the sacred ambition we are speaking about is
 30 Text|               of course, in the final analysis, the word of our Lord is
 31 Text|             name of the Lord', we can appreciate how the theologian should
 32 Text|     sensitivity and conscientiousness appropriate to each.~The most important
 33     | around
 34 Text|              these may sound somewhat arrogant, especially when expressed
 35 Text|               Fall: ~'All have turned aside, together they have become
 36 Text|             to possess two very basic attributes: he must be honest but,
 37 Text|        evaluate the 'endurance' of an audience in each situation, even
 38 Text|               the only weapon that is available in human terms is unfeigned
 39 Text|      cowardice. They would attempt to avoid it with the well-known excuse
 40 Text|          debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and unwise' (
 41 Text|          theologian to break down the barrier of suspicion, hesitation
 42 Text|            say to you, but you cannot bear them now' (John 16:12),
 43 Text|            one sent by God, yet while bearing unalterably 'in his own
 44 Text|     diachronic 'synchronicity', which bears witness to a universal solidarity
 45 Text|             he who knows much will be beaten with many stripes' (cf Luke
 46     | before
 47 Text|             from the verb 'frono' ('I believe'). In the religious and
 48 Text|              the verse of Psalms: ~'I believed, wherefore I have spoken:
 49 Text|             is nonetheless as if each belongs to a different time.~It
 50     | beyond
 51 Text|               groans and labours with birth pangs until now" (Rom. 8:
 52 Text|           purification in order to be bold enough to speak to the people '
 53 Text|              the modern theologian to break down the barrier of suspicion,
 54 Text|               God, who is sent to the brethren with the message of salvation.
 55 Text|           only human power which will bridge the gap between souls. The
 56 Text|         origin, and can be found in a broad range of Greek literature.~
 57 Text|            that he indeed goes to his brothers as one sent by God, yet
 58 Text|     theologian- are never entitled to call upon their conscience as
 59 Text|       theologian, who in every age is called to become 'the mouthpiece
 60 Text|           this is a well-orchestrated calumny and slander campaign (using
 61 Text|               those of like faith who came before us and will come
 62 Text| well-orchestrated calumny and slander campaign (using all modern means,
 63 Text|            will give it gradually and carefully, so that they are not scandalised.
 64 Text|        daringness to be so strict and categorical regarding the consequences
 65 Text|             true faith. This internal causal relationship is characteristically
 66 Text|             for this reason, phronema ceaselessly upholds and characterises
 67 Text|     self-evident and does not undergo censure or doubt. This super-subjective
 68 Text|      universal solidarity through the centuries, leads the theologian to
 69 Text|         particular, is an unshakeable certainty about the truth of Faith.
 70 Text|            beaten with many stripes' (cf Luke 12:47).~In making public
 71 Text|              of the Prophets, Isaiah (Ch. 6:5-9).~If the Prophets
 72 Text|             mentality are continually changing. And while the overall climate
 73 Text|               ceaselessly upholds and characterises in summary the spiritual
 74 Text|             while the overall climate characterising an entire historical period
 75 Text|            faith and phronema are the charismatic power of the inner person
 76 Text|         theological vocabulary of the Christian Church this term, like so
 77 Text|           sociopolitical and cultural circumstances, it is nonetheless as if
 78 Text|            cohesion.~Firstly, we must clarify what 'phronema' is, being
 79 Text|               young', and we have the classic example of the 'purification
 80 Text|               a different time.~It is clear from the above that the
 81 Text|               between the sins of the Clergy and the failings of the
 82 Text|                if the theologian is a Clergyman as well, he must remember --
 83 Text|       changing. And while the overall climate characterising an entire
 84 Text|               organic order and inner cohesion.~Firstly, we must clarify
 85 Text|           creation is so central, his condition and behaviour directly affects
 86 Text|             experienced and sincerely confessed, the extent of that which
 87 Text|              well-informed and mature congregation.~These, then, are the presuppositions
 88 Text|               steadily and selflessly connect him or her with God, as
 89 Text|              with the sensitivity and conscientiousness appropriate to each.~The
 90 Text|             categorical regarding the consequences of the Fall: ~'All have
 91 Text|               value of people remains constant throughout the ages -due
 92 Text|              Even when this cannot be contained in linguistic or other formulations,
 93 Text|             theologian should have in contemporary society, and the behaviour
 94 Text|              Whatever else is in the 'context' of nature and history is
 95 Text|            beyond 'judgement'. On the contrary, from the entire plan of
 96 Text|              for the theologian to be convincing and effective in his task,
 97 Text|               all means save some' (1 Cor 9:22)~Words such as these
 98 Text|         Protestant, this would be the cornerstone of honesty and ethics in
 99 Text|              should be accompanied by corresponding humility, in order to be
100 Text|            life (temptations, loss of courage, doubts and so on), but
101 Text|               from above was fear and cowardice. They would attempt to avoid
102 Text|               conscience as the final criterion of truth, although for the
103 Text|               same sociopolitical and cultural circumstances, it is nonetheless
104 Text|                a continually verified daily experience. Precisely for
105 Text|              Hence the Apostle Paul's daringness to be so strict and categorical
106 Text|              is either illuminated or darkened by the place which the human
107 Text|               is therefore obliged to deal with persons, events and
108 Text|           values which do not promote debased exchanges between people,
109 Text|           directly relates to 'I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians,
110 Text|             the mark of his time. The deep sense of this diachronic '
111 Text|           many others, took on a much deeper and richer meaning. Thus
112 Text|          central presupposition which defines the position and behaviour
113 Text|       conditions may be, without ever degenerating into an ideology.~Therefore,
114 Text|               whole truth to the same degree. This is why we will give
115 Text|           expressed as a programmatic demand of a spiritual person today,
116 Text|              and ethical truths which derive not from human experience
117 Text|              to the nobility of their descent- the conditions which affect
118 Text|            occurring according to the description of the most resounding of
119 Text|                      In an attempt to determine the position which an Orthodox
120 Text|               created and continually developed by a host of vague prejudices,
121 Text|                The deep sense of this diachronic 'synchronicity', which bears
122 Text|            and the behaviour which is dictated by the mission to respond
123 Text|               as if each belongs to a different time.~It is clear from the
124 Text|        selflessness is what radically differentiates phronema from ideology,
125 Text|          still going through- similar difficulties in the spiritual life (temptations,
126 Text|         honest but, at the same time, discerning.~Honesty is the only human
127 Text|            the greatest of virtues is discernment'. If Christ Himself recognised
128 Text|             the inability even of His disciples to understand Him, and '
129 Text|         failings of the people'. This distinction between the sins of the
130     | do
131 Text|           until now" (Rom. 8:22). The dominant position which man has within
132 Text|         temptations, loss of courage, doubts and so on), but that he
133     | down
134 Text|             the entire plan of divine economy it is evident that the first
135 Text|       theologian to be convincing and effective in his task, it is imperative
136 Text|             by the mission to respond effectively in his responsibility towards
137 Text|          Christ' (Eph.4:13),~yet this effort remains unfulfilled until
138     | either
139     | else
140     | end
141 Text|              obliged to evaluate the 'endurance' of an audience in each
142 Text|           orientation towards certain enduring moral values, which people
143     | enough
144 Text|             the levelling of all, and enslavement. In order for the modern
145 Text|             the theologian- are never entitled to call upon their conscience
146 Text|              the fullness of Christ' (Eph.4:13),~yet this effort remains
147 Text|            invisible God; they are in essence 'the temple of the Holy
148 Text|            cornerstone of honesty and ethics in general.~According to
149 Text|          modern theologian obliged to evaluate the 'endurance' of an audience
150 Text|         obliged to deal with persons, events and situations with the
151     | ever
152     | every
153 Text|               of divine economy it is evident that the first to be judged
154 Text|               and we have the classic example of the 'purification of
155 Text|          which do not promote debased exchanges between people, i.e. the
156 Text|          avoid it with the well-known excuse that 'I am too young', and
157 Text| presuppositions for the theologian to exercise his or her role with basic
158 Text|            celebrant, which is humbly experienced and sincerely confessed,
159 Text|              sincerely confessed, the extent of that which each person
160 Text|          faithful, no matter what the external conditions may be, without
161 Text|         nature is no doubt due to the fact that he was created 'in
162 Text|              God. In this integrating factor lies the sacredness and
163 Text|    scandalised. This is also what the Fathers always meant when they said '
164 Text|            the calling from above was fear and cowardice. They would
165 Text|             how the theologian should feel the greater need to rely
166 Text|                It comes mainly from a feeling of indebtedness towards
167 Text|               and so on), but that he finally left himself unreservedly
168 Text|             order and inner cohesion.~Firstly, we must clarify what 'phronema'
169 Text|               unalterably 'in his own flesh' the mark of his time. The
170 Text|          Having phronema as a guiding force, the Orthodox theologian
171 Text|              spiritual, we should not forget that all types of people
172 Text|            can endure should never be forgotten. Not all people can 'endure'
173 Text|      contained in linguistic or other formulations, it remains undiminished
174 Text|            known, the latter is never free of worldly interests.~Having
175 Text|         Phronema comes from the verb 'frono' ('I believe'). In the religious
176 Text|               of Israel, who were men full of divine zeal and heroic
177 Text|         measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ' (Eph.4:13),~yet
178 Text|           remind ourselves of certain fundamental truths of the Faith, in
179 Text|            this adulterous and sinful generation' (Mark 8:38). Yet of course,
180 Text|           degree. This is why we will give it gradually and carefully,
181 Text|              recognise that he indeed goes to his brothers as one sent
182 Text|             gone through -or is still going through- similar difficulties
183 Text|        Apostle of the Nations as the 'golden rule' of thought and action: ~'
184 Text|              human beings that he has gone through -or is still going
185 Text|           This is why we will give it gradually and carefully, so that they
186 Text|            theologian should feel the greater need to rely upon the 'new
187 Text|             meant when they said 'the greatest of virtues is discernment'.
188 Text|      wherefore I have spoken: but was greatly afflicted' (Ps. 115:1 LXX) ~
189 Text|             found in a broad range of Greek literature.~Phronema comes
190 Text|             to 'I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both
191 Text|             Adam, 'the whole creation groans and labours with birth pangs
192 Text|               the Church, in order to grow into ~'the measure of the
193 Text|       interests.~Having phronema as a guiding force, the Orthodox theologian
194 Text|           himself unreservedly in the hands of the living God, this
195 Text|           course, the faithful try to harmonise their conscience with the
196 Text|            does not of course signify haughtiness. It specifically refers
197 Text|            free of worldly interests.~Having phronema as a guiding force,
198 Text|               all people can 'endure' hearing the whole truth to the same
199 Text|           sanctified are all of one' (Heb 2:11).~in one of the silent
200     | Hence
201     | here
202 Text|               full of divine zeal and heroic life, need such a purification
203 Text|             the barrier of suspicion, hesitation or indifference in those
204 Text|              characterising an entire historical period may be more or less
205 Text|                context' of nature and history is either illuminated or
206 Text|          basic attributes: he must be honest but, at the same time, discerning.~
207 Text|          owing to the universality of honour is also the universality
208 Text|            continually developed by a host of vague prejudices, superstitions
209 Text|               truth, although for the humanist or the Protestant, this
210 Text|               the celebrant, which is humbly experienced and sincerely
211 Text|          accompanied by corresponding humility, in order to be a sign of
212 Text|            human beings (as images or icons of God) and the whole creation (
213 Text|     conscience. For while phronema is identified as super-subjective with
214 Text|          nature and history is either illuminated or darkened by the place
215 Text|               fellow human beings (as images or icons of God) and the
216 Text|          effective in his task, it is imperative for him to possess two very
217 Text|         appropriate to each.~The most important theme for the theologian
218 Text|           recognised at one point the inability even of His disciples to
219 Text|              mainly from a feeling of indebtedness towards others. The phrase '
220     | indeed
221 Text|              suspicion, hesitation or indifference in those who will potentially
222 Text|       spiritual powers, i.e. the most individual part of a person.~Of course,
223 Text|         prejudices, superstitions and insecurities. Added to this is a well-orchestrated
224 Text|             are speaking about is not inspired by self-confidence and the
225 Text|             likeness' of God. In this integrating factor lies the sacredness
226 Text|              is never free of worldly interests.~Having phronema as a guiding
227 Text|              sign of true faith. This internal causal relationship is characteristically
228 Text|               to understand Him, and 'interrupted' saying 'I still have many
229 Text|           beings are the image of the invisible God; they are in essence '
230 Text|           resounding of the Prophets, Isaiah (Ch. 6:5-9).~If the Prophets
231 Text|              5-9).~If the Prophets of Israel, who were men full of divine
232 Text|            you cannot bear them now' (John 16:12), how much more is
233 Text|          evident that the first to be judged is the servant of God, who
234 Text|              he or she is not beyond 'judgement'. On the contrary, from
235 Text|             there is no one who shows kindness, there is not even one' (
236 Text|            moral values, which people knowingly profess and wisely struggle
237 Text|           from ideology, since, as is known, the latter is never free
238 Text|          words of Christ that 'he who knows much will be beaten with
239 Text|             whole creation groans and labours with birth pangs until now" (
240     | latter
241 Text|     solidarity through the centuries, leads the theologian to select
242 Text|              on), but that he finally left himself unreservedly in
243     | less
244 Text|              between people, i.e. the levelling of all, and enslavement.
245 Text|               this integrating factor lies the sacredness and uniqueness
246 Text|             created 'in the image and likeness' of God. In this integrating
247 Text|             all come to recognise our limitations and many weaknesses. Nevertheless,
248 Text|           this cannot be contained in linguistic or other formulations, it
249 Text|              the 'purification of the lips' of the one who is sent,
250 Text|            those who will potentially listen to the word of God, the
251 Text|             in a broad range of Greek literature.~Phronema comes from the
252 Text|          silent prayers of the Divine Liturgy, the celebrant prays for '
253 Text|   simultaneously. So even though they live together and in parallel,
254 Text|      unfulfilled until the end of our lives. That is why, strictly speaking,
255 Text|      unreservedly in the hands of the living God, this being the only
256 Text|          spiritual life (temptations, loss of courage, doubts and so
257 Text|         beaten with many stripes' (cf Luke 12:47).~In making public
258 Text|         greatly afflicted' (Ps. 115:1 LXX) ~The theologian therefore
259     | made
260 Text|               own abilities. It comes mainly from a feeling of indebtedness
261 Text|          stripes' (cf Luke 12:47).~In making public the unworthiness
262 Text|       physiognomy of the faithful, no matter what the external conditions
263 Text|          there is a well-informed and mature congregation.~These, then,
264 Text|              phronema does not simply mean a steady orientation towards
265 Text|               what the Fathers always meant when they said 'the greatest
266 Text|              order to grow into ~'the measure of the stature of the fullness
267 Text|              means, in particular the media) against those values which
268 Text|          Prophets of Israel, who were men full of divine zeal and
269 Text|            affect their character and mentality are continually changing.
270 Text|            runs, but of God who shows mercy' (Rom 9:16).~
271 Text|              to the brethren with the message of salvation. Characteristically,
272 Text|               of the one who is sent, miraculously occurring according to the
273 Text|              which is dictated by the mission to respond effectively in
274 Text|             not man for the Sabbath' (Mk 2:27).~Since the place of
275 Text|              towards certain enduring moral values, which people knowingly
276     | Moreover
277 Text|              is called to become 'the mouthpiece of God', must recognise
278 Text|           words of the Apostle of the Nations as the 'golden rule' of
279     | Nevertheless
280 Text|       throughout the ages -due to the nobility of their descent- the conditions
281     | nonetheless
282     | nor
283 Text|            teaching'. Ultimately, his obedience to the calling from above
284 Text|               is why the Apostle Paul observes that, after the Fall of
285 Text|             who is sent, miraculously occurring according to the description
286 Text|         truths of the Faith, in their organic order and inner cohesion.~
287 Text|              not simply mean a steady orientation towards certain enduring
288     | other
289     | ourselves
290     | out
291     | overall
292 Text|            the human person. However, owing to the universality of honour
293 Text|         groans and labours with birth pangs until now" (Rom. 8:22).
294 Text|             they live together and in parallel, under the same sociopolitical
295 Text|              i.e. the most individual part of a person.~Of course,
296 Text|        therefore obliged to deal with persons, events and situations with
297 Text|      indebtedness towards others. The phrase 'that I might by all means
298 Text|              in summary the spiritual physiognomy of the faithful, no matter
299 Text|             contrary, from the entire plan of divine economy it is
300 Text|             Himself recognised at one point the inability even of His
301 Text|              is imperative for him to possess two very basic attributes:
302 Text|        indifference in those who will potentially listen to the word of God,
303 Text|      subjective ethical and spiritual powers, i.e. the most individual
304 Text|             11).~in one of the silent prayers of the Divine Liturgy, the
305 Text|         Divine Liturgy, the celebrant prays for 'our sins and the failings
306 Text|             The term 'phronema' is of pre-Christian origin, and can be found
307 Text|            verified daily experience. Precisely for this reason, phronema
308 Text|          developed by a host of vague prejudices, superstitions and insecurities.
309 Text|               course the most central presupposition which defines the position
310 Text|    congregation.~These, then, are the presuppositions for the theologian to exercise
311 Text|               of God', must recognise primarily that he or she is not beyond '
312 Text|                which people knowingly profess and wisely struggle for
313 Text|        especially when expressed as a programmatic demand of a spiritual person
314 Text|             those values which do not promote debased exchanges between
315 Text|               for the humanist or the Protestant, this would be the cornerstone
316 Text|               was greatly afflicted' (Ps. 115:1 LXX) ~The theologian
317 Text|             expressed by the verse of Psalms: ~'I believed, wherefore
318 Text|             cf Luke 12:47).~In making public the unworthiness of the
319 Text|             This selflessness is what radically differentiates phronema
320 Text|               can be found in a broad range of Greek literature.~Phronema
321     | Rather
322 Text|         Characteristically, the first reaction of the Prophets to the calling
323 Text|        experience. Precisely for this reason, phronema ceaselessly upholds
324 Text|       discernment'. If Christ Himself recognised at one point the inability
325 Text|          haughtiness. It specifically refers to the words of Christ that '
326 Text|             so strict and categorical regarding the consequences of the
327 Text|             means save some' directly relates to 'I am a debtor both to
328 Text|           faith. This internal causal relationship is characteristically expressed
329 Text|              feel the greater need to rely upon the 'new teaching'.
330 Text|            Clergyman as well, he must remember -- even when he sanctifies
331 Text|               description of the most resounding of the Prophets, Isaiah (
332 Text|            dictated by the mission to respond effectively in his responsibility
333 Text|              the voice of God through revelation, which is self-evident and
334 Text|             took on a much deeper and richer meaning. Thus phronema does
335 Text|     theologian to exercise his or her role with basic adequacy 'in
336 Text|            the Nations as the 'golden rule' of thought and action: ~'
337 Text|             who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy' (
338 Text|              as a steward of the holy Sacraments - and continually remind
339 Text|         weaknesses. Nevertheless, the sacred ambition we are speaking
340 Text|           integrating factor lies the sacredness and uniqueness of the human
341 Text|          brethren with the message of salvation. Characteristically, the
342 Text|               and those who are being sanctified are all of one' (Heb 2:11).~
343 Text|             still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear
344 Text|     understand Him, and 'interrupted' saying 'I still have many things
345 Text|       carefully, so that they are not scandalised. This is also what the Fathers
346 Text|               Rom 3:12).~We therefore see that, while the value of
347 Text|               leads the theologian to select the words of the Apostle
348 Text|              about is not inspired by self-confidence and the faith that the theologian
349 Text|          through revelation, which is self-evident and does not undergo censure
350 Text|               it means the completely self-sacrificial trust and faith in religious
351 Text|             person which steadily and selflessly connect him or her with
352 Text|             as the work of God). This selflessness is what radically differentiates
353 Text|            mark of his time. The deep sense of this diachronic 'synchronicity',
354 Text|               and situations with the sensitivity and conscientiousness appropriate
355 Text|             first to be judged is the servant of God, who is sent to the
356     | she
357 Text|            humility, in order to be a sign of true faith. This internal
358 Text|             people does not of course signify haughtiness. It specifically
359 Text|              Heb 2:11).~in one of the silent prayers of the Divine Liturgy,
360 Text|               is still going through- similar difficulties in the spiritual
361 Text|                Thus phronema does not simply mean a steady orientation
362 Text|               be found in each period simultaneously. So even though they live
363 Text|             is humbly experienced and sincerely confessed, the extent of
364 Text|                in this adulterous and sinful generation' (Mark 8:38).
365 Text|                of an audience in each situation, even when there is a well-informed
366 Text|              with persons, events and situations with the sensitivity and
367 Text|         well-orchestrated calumny and slander campaign (using all modern
368 Text|           should have in contemporary society, and the behaviour which
369 Text|              parallel, under the same sociopolitical and cultural circumstances,
370 Text|          bears witness to a universal solidarity through the centuries, leads
371 Text|               such as these may sound somewhat arrogant, especially when
372 Text|           will bridge the gap between souls. The gap is created and
373 Text|               Words such as these may sound somewhat arrogant, especially
374 Text|            order to be bold enough to speak to the people 'in the name
375 Text|               signify haughtiness. It specifically refers to the words of Christ
376 Text|                the temple of the Holy Spirit'. Whatever else is in the '
377 Text|            believed, wherefore I have spoken: but was greatly afflicted' (
378 Text|             into ~'the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ' (
379 Text|             of the inner person which steadily and selflessly connect him
380 Text|       phronema does not simply mean a steady orientation towards certain
381 Text|     sanctifies the people of God as a steward of the holy Sacraments -
382 Text|            Paul's daringness to be so strict and categorical regarding
383 Text|               our lives. That is why, strictly speaking, the Orthodox faithful -
384 Text|              will be beaten with many stripes' (cf Luke 12:47).~In making
385 Text|          knowingly profess and wisely struggle for throughout life. Rather,
386 Text|               sum total of completely subjective ethical and spiritual powers,
387 Text|              after, conscience is the sum total of completely subjective
388 Text|          upholds and characterises in summary the spiritual physiognomy
389 Text|             host of vague prejudices, superstitions and insecurities. Added
390 Text|             break down the barrier of suspicion, hesitation or indifference
391 Text|             sense of this diachronic 'synchronicity', which bears witness to
392 Text|              Christ', which is almost synonymous with phronema.~In terms
393 Text|          place which the human person takes therein. This truth was
394 Text|       convincing and effective in his task, it is imperative for him
395 Text|               therein. This truth was taught by Christ when He said ~'
396 Text|            need to rely upon the 'new teaching'. Ultimately, his obedience
397 Text|              they are in essence 'the temple of the Holy Spirit'. Whatever
398 Text|   difficulties in the spiritual life (temptations, loss of courage, doubts
399 Text|               is expressed in the New Testament with the well-known term '
400     | them
401 Text|              each.~The most important theme for the theologian is the
402     | then
403 Text|          faithful -and especially the theologian- are never entitled to call
404 Text|                  In the religious and theological vocabulary of the Christian
405     | therein
406     | though
407 Text|               as the 'golden rule' of thought and action: ~'I have become
408 Text|            through -or is still going through- similar difficulties in
409     | Thus
410 Text|          demand of a spiritual person today, for we have all come to
411     | too
412 Text|            term, like so many others, took on a much deeper and richer
413 Text|          after, conscience is the sum total of completely subjective
414 Text|              in order to be a sign of true faith. This internal causal
415 Text|           completely self-sacrificial trust and faith in religious and
416 Text|               Of course, the faithful try to harmonise their conscience
417 Text|               of the Fall: ~'All have turned aside, together they have
418 Text|         imperative for him to possess two very basic attributes: he
419 Text|            should not forget that all types of people were to be found
420 Text|              upon the 'new teaching'. Ultimately, his obedience to the calling
421 Text|             by God, yet while bearing unalterably 'in his own flesh' the mark
422     | under
423 Text|             self-evident and does not undergo censure or doubt. This super-subjective
424 Text|              even of His disciples to understand Him, and 'interrupted' saying '
425 Text|              formulations, it remains undiminished and vibrant throughout life,
426 Text|           available in human terms is unfeigned character and honesty. In
427 Text|               yet this effort remains unfulfilled until the end of our lives.
428 Text|               lies the sacredness and uniqueness of the human person. However,
429 Text|              the 'mind of Christ' and unites us with those of like faith
430 Text|              which bears witness to a universal solidarity through the centuries,
431 Text|               he finally left himself unreservedly in the hands of the living
432 Text|       theologian in particular, is an unshakeable certainty about the truth
433 Text|          barbarians, both to wise and unwise' (Rom 1:14). However, in
434 Text|             47).~In making public the unworthiness of the celebrant, which
435 Text|          reason, phronema ceaselessly upholds and characterises in summary
436     | using
437 Text|    continually developed by a host of vague prejudices, superstitions
438 Text|             of our Lord is absolutely valid here also: 'it is not of
439 Text|         therefore see that, while the value of people remains constant
440 Text|               Phronema comes from the verb 'frono' ('I believe'). In
441 Text|        throughout life, a continually verified daily experience. Precisely
442 Text|   characteristically expressed by the verse of Psalms: ~'I believed,
443     | very
444 Text|              remains undiminished and vibrant throughout life, a continually
445 Text|            man has within creation by virtue of his nature is no doubt
446 Text|            they said 'the greatest of virtues is discernment'. If Christ
447 Text|             religious and theological vocabulary of the Christian Church
448 Text|              and wisdom, but from the voice of God through revelation,
449 Text|              God, this being the only way out.~Moreover, if the theologian
450 Text|              our limitations and many weaknesses. Nevertheless, the sacred
451 Text|             the word of God, the only weapon that is available in human
452 Text|       situation, even when there is a well-informed and mature congregation.~
453 Text|      insecurities. Added to this is a well-orchestrated calumny and slander campaign (
454     | Whatever
455 Text|              of Psalms: ~'I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but was greatly
456 Text|           also: 'it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but
457 Text|             from human experience and wisdom, but from the voice of God
458 Text|            and to barbarians, both to wise and unwise' (Rom 1:14).
459 Text|          people knowingly profess and wisely struggle for throughout
460     | within
461     | without
462 Text|           synchronicity', which bears witness to a universal solidarity
463 Text|            the whole creation (as the work of God). This selflessness
464 Text|        behaviour directly affects the world around him. This is why
465 Text|               latter is never free of worldly interests.~Having phronema
466 Text|             together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows
467 Text|      well-known excuse that 'I am too young', and we have the classic
468 Text|               were men full of divine zeal and heroic life, need such