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the 8 passions — UNSEEN WARFARE

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Yes No. Gnomi are produced from our own nature which is fallen. Not to be confused with external temptation. They incline us toward sin. I'll be a little more specific. Our bodies create certain hormones that can affect our behavior. like testosterone. That can be a gnomi because it produces...

Gnomi is a word used specifically to identify a temptation that yields from the will. It is a temptation that results from the consequence of the fall. If the fall didn't occur man would will naturally. Natural in this sense is something that flows in a natural sense to always align with the...

In a sense yes. The way st. Maximos uses it. He internalizes it to be a function of the will. Its a temptation from within ones nature. While temptation can also come from outside sources.

Yes, The deified state of man is to have a natural will. This is what Christ and the saints have in common. Its called natural because it comes automatically.

Gnomi are a contradiction to the natural will. An example would be. If you set your intent on going to the store and you leave your house. All of a sudden your body informs you of a need to use the rest room. Your body has interfered with your intent. So you go back in the house. I'm using a...

No. Its mastery of the passions that god wants people to learn. Part of living a spiritual life involves overcoming the passions. Just because one is tempted doesn't mean they should take action on it. That comes with practice and grace.

In Christ, we have a situation where he can never become captive in something he can never be presented with. Hope that makes sense.

Here we see the struggle first hand. Law Cannot Save from Sin 13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that...

Gnomi is an outside influence that can affect behavior. In us its the passions. Bodily influence. Because man dies, he is influenced by his nature. His nature twists his arm and affects his decision making.

No. He wasn't born through generation. He is a recreation of Adam. His life, just like Adams was all encompassing and cosmological. Our lives aren't.

Logos pertains to the question of why. Like when one asks, Why did you wake up so early? Explaining your reasoning behind an action. The thought process one uses before taking action is logos. Tropos is how one executes an action. Like when two persons walk to the store. They may take different...

That would fringe on fiction though.;)

Washing ones face with cold water is the equivalent in today's society's double shot of espresso. It wakes you up instantly. This is how people woke up before the advent of coffee in the 15th century.

I was told once that you don't have to be Orthodox to receive the holy unction. But, I would check with the priest because practices may vary depending on jurisdiction.

I think in some cases. Jews think themselves as descendants of Abraham. The first covenant was between God and Abraham. So a blood line leading back to him is part of being a Jew.

The two ceremony were separate not to long ago. My older sister was betrothed to my brother in law for almost a year before getting married. This was back in the early 80s

You know large cities have monastery's too.

That's a very rare case. In the case of the saint, it was a church/political marriage. Since the brides father was a bishop.