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luni, 22 decembrie 2008

PÃR. BLAKE DESPRE CULTUL SFINŢILOR

PÃR. BLAKE DESPRE CULTUL SFINŢILOR

Ĩntr—un scurt text intitulat ‚SF. NICOLAE FÃCÃTORUL DE MINUNI, CARE ĨI BATE PE ARIENI’, Pãr. Blake scrie:
‚I find something incredibly attractive about saints whose post mortem careers outshine the acts of their life. St Nicholas' life is lost in legend, what we have is the experience of those who pray to him.
The Russians have a saying, "If God left us, do not be sad, we would still have Holy Nicholas". His prayers work. The cultus of Nicholas is independant of historical fact. It is like the pre-reformation cult of St Thomas that grew and grew because his intercession worked miracles and prayers addressed through him were answered.Many in the West suggest that the working of miracles should be dropped as a requirement for beatification or canonisation, the Lourdes authorities have decided it is impossible today to define a miracle, many suggest Newman should be beatified without a real cultus or miracles, I suspect it is because we have moved to a neo-Pelagianism, or an Arianism that is uncomfortable with God's intervention in the world and our lives.One of legends of St Nicholas is that he confronted Arian bishops at Nicea, tearing at their beards, punching them in the face, for this he was stripped of his episcopal dignity and imprisoned. That night Our Lady appeared to him and restored his stole to him, whilst Christ blessed him. His miracles, his association with the Feast of the Incarnation are strong and simple catechetical statement that God is involved in his people and the life of the world.The centre of the Christian faith is God has become flesh and dwelt amongst us, St Nicholas the Wonderworker is a mighty sign of God's dwelling amongst us, and Christians' experiencing his presence in their lives. Still he beats up Arians and sends them running, still he is the terror of those Pelagians who want to make grace a psychological, rather than divinely given, power.’
http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2008/12/st-nicholas-wonderworker-who-beats-up.html

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