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A grain of sand (Elder Tadej Vitovničk)

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We think we know a lot, but what we know is very little. Even those who strive their whole lives for the progress of humankind realize at the end that their knowledge is no more than a grain of sand by the edge of the sea. None of our achievements is sufficient.

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The Old Testament, Ancient Greek Culture and Christianity (Ippokratis Tavlarios, Theologian)

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In recent years we’ve seen a resurgence of neo-pagan propaganda against Christianity. This polemic derides the historical progress of the Church and presents it as an organ of barbarity. Christianity is accused of having violently extinguished ancient Greek culture. Another charge levelled against it is that it’s a continuation of Judaism and, as such, brought foreign elements into the religious life of the Greeks. As regards the first of these charges, we shall point out very briefly that the Fathers of the Church were not only opposed to the extinction of ancient Greek culture, but actively worked to salvage a host of Ancient Greek texts which would otherwise have been lost (e.g. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, Fotios the Great ...

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