Saturday, May 22, 2010

Pentecost, Babel, and the Ecumenical Imperative


"But as the old Confusion of tongues was laudable, when men who were of one language in wickedness and impiety, even as some now venture to be, were building the Tower; (Genesis 11:7) for by the confusion of their language the unity of their intention was broken up, and their undertaking destroyed; so much more worthy of praise is the present miraculous one. For being poured from One Spirit upon many men, it brings them again into harmony." (St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Oration 41)

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  1. Athanasis Contra MundumMay 27, 2010 at 5:07 AM

    I'd never thought of that before, but Pentecost is the un-Babel as it were. When we relied on God instead of our selves we brought back together in language and other ways.

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