Today
is the feast day of St. Cyril, a fourth century orthodox bishop who
fought the Arian heresy. I came across a quote of his that I find
appealing. He was asked why he bothered trying to write about a God
he, admittedly, couldn't fathom.
"But
some one will say,
If the Divine substance is
incomprehensible, why then do you discourse of these things? So then,
because I cannot drink up all the river, am I not even to take in
moderation what is expedient for me? Because with eyes so constituted
as mine I cannot take in all the sun, am I not even to look upon it
enough to satisfy my wants? Or again, because I have entered into a
great garden, and cannot eat all the supply of fruits, would you have
me go away altogether hungry?.. I am attempting now to glorify the
Lord, but not to describe him, knowing nevertheless that I shall fall
short of glorifying God worthily,
yet deeming it a work of piety even to attempt it at all."
(The words in red are hyperlinks from the piece on the website from which I took this. I was unaware that they would remain red when I published this and don't know how to change them. So please know that as hyperlinks on this site, you might think of them as eunuchs -- contributing to prayerful thought, but themselves unfertile.)
(The words in red are hyperlinks from the piece on the website from which I took this. I was unaware that they would remain red when I published this and don't know how to change them. So please know that as hyperlinks on this site, you might think of them as eunuchs -- contributing to prayerful thought, but themselves unfertile.)
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