“Love the Bible and wisdom will love you.” – St. Jerome #christisrisen #copticorthodox #coptic #christianity #scriptures
“By man death has gained its power over men; by the Word made Man death has been destroyed & life raised up anew.” – St. Athanasius the Apostolic #copticorthodox #coptic #christianity #easter #christisrisen
“For faith indeed and hope, when the good things believed and hoped for have come, cease….How then is love the greater? In that those pass away. If now so great is the virtue of love, with good reason does St Paul add and say, Follow after love.” -St John Chrysostom #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #HolyPentecost #FaithHopeLove …
“and while the disciples were smarting with the anxieties of fear He bids them take to themselves the terrible power of faith. For thus are we safe, and not otherwise, according surely to the song of the Psalmist: The Lord is my illumination and my saviour; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the shield …
“There are then three means whereby we shall reach the Divine courts that are above and enter the Church of the firstborn; namely, by practice in virtue of every kind, by faith in rightness of doctrine, and by hope of life to come. Is there any one else than our Lord Jesus the Christ, who …
