Thursday, August 9, 2007

The Theologian and the Mourner

"Theology and mourning do not go together, for the one dissipates the other. The difference between a theologian and a mourner is that the one sits on a professional chair while the other passes his days in rags on a dung heap."
--St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Asccent 7:27

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