22 May 2025
Discussion of theology is not for everyone, I tell you, not for
everyone–it is no such inexpensive or effortless pursuit. Nor, I would add, is
it for every occasion, or every audience; neither are all its aspects open to
inquiry. It must be reserved for certain occasions, for certain audiences, and
certain limits must be observed. It is not for all people, but only for those
who have been tested and have found a sound footing in study, and, more
importantly, have undergone, or at the very least are undergoing, purification
of body and soul. For one who is not pure to lay hold of pure things is
dangerous, just as it is for weak eyes to look at the sun’s brightness.
Saint Gregory Nazianzen
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