Over in Felton on February 10

Byz TX: 2nd Annual Orthodox Bioethics Conference event in Bay Area

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What if...
the exaltation of the monastic life led to the imposition of a quasi-monastic rule on lay people (for example, fasting regulations)? And the denigration of lay vocation? And it had an adverse psychological or emotional impact, with lay people believing that they were too "normal," not good enough to be holy? And thus they identified asceticism too much with certain external practices regarding goods of the body, and not enough with the mortification of the will with the divine agape?

Fr. Sophrony - Theology vs imagination

Following Francis and Bartholomew