Now I order you to retain this creed for your nourishment throughout life and never to accept any alternative, not even if I myself were to change and say something contrary to what I am now teaching, not even if some angel of contradiction, changed into an angel of light, tried to lead you astray. For even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which you have now received, let him be accursed in your sight. – St Cyril of Jerusalem
Here’s an interesting article that needs to be read by seminarians, priests, and bishops. I’ve met a few “girly-men” during my 27 years as a deacon, and tried to avoid them as much as possible. One was a pastor whom I worked for as a custodian and I had to quit because of his effeminate ways. I couldn’t deal with it. Click on link above to read the article.
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
—C. S. Lewis from The Abolition of Man.
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