|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: and slandering of our religion, and belauding and praising of his
idolatry, the saintly young prince saw that the matter needed no
further to be hid in a corner, but to be lighted and made plain
to the eyes of all; and, full of boldness and courage, he said:
"That which I have done, sir, I will not deny. I have fled from
darkness and run to the light: I have left error and joined the
household of truth: I have deserted the service of devils, and
joined the service of Christ, the Son and Word of God the Father,
at whose decree the world was brought out of nothing; who, after
forming man out of clay, breathed into him the breath of life,
and set him to live in a paradise of delight, and, when he had
|
