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Conversations with Father Zacharias – The Crucified eros (Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou)

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Question: If earthly life without the love of Christ is deprived of all good, how much more is this true in the other world? Living without this love will be ‘the gnashing of teeth’ (Matt. 8:12), ‘the worm that dies not’ (Mark 9:44). Archim. Zacharias: One cannot live with God unless one is in love with Him. Walking towards his martyrdom, Saint Ignatius was speaking like one in love, saying, ‘My love is crucified.’ This means that his love was spiritual, pure and holy, but the only way to express it with some sort of resemblance was through human eros. When people are in love, they have this fierce, irresistible eros; they cannot think of anything else and desire to speak ...

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