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 1 Intro,4| transforming event, not merely a formal performance of ceremonies.
 2 Intro,5|        life into spiritual life, formal faith into living faith,
 3 2,4    |       not one who has received a formal degree in theology and has
 4 5,4    |        completely honest because formal prayer and ritual can sometimes
 5 6,1    |          himself received little formal education. He went to school
 6 6,1    |    Although the Saint had little formal education, he became well‑
 7 6,4    |       Silouan does not provide a formal definition of prayer. Yet
 8 7,5    |        specific criteria such as formal or living faith, personal
 9 10,3   |       spiritual bonds are built. Formal adherence to tradition without
10 10,5   |       Church Fathers, there is a formal faith we inherit from our
11 10,5   |        parents called “thin” or “formal faith” (psile pistis) and
12 10,5   |         energizing divine force. Formal faith is an implicit faith
13 10,5   |  traditions. We do not denigrate formal faith but welcome it and
14 10,5   |        the capacity to move from formal faith to living faith by
15 10,5   |          God’s grace, transforms formal faith into living faith,
16 11,3   |         may manifest a number of formal parallels? That is the crux