17 surviving letters between Isidore of Pelusium and Petros, spanning c. 399–435.
"Professing to be wise, they became fools" [Romans 1:22] — this was said, my wise friend, because among the...
Two things, I believe, convinced people to embrace the divine message: the power of the message itself, and the...
I greatly admire the courage of the celebrated Paul — how even when he was on trial, he gave public addresses, and...
Many people — for it would be wrong to blame everyone — do evil without ever being taught, yet cannot understand the...
Prayer is not the manipulation of God but the alignment of our will with his.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Vice needs no teacher — it comes naturally to our fallen nature.
The priesthood is a sacred trust, not a career.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.
I cannot understand how unbelievers manage to make light of faith in God, whose knowledge is easy to acquire, whose...
The monastic life demands total commitment.