Attribuita a Ignatius Brianchaninov
«Prophecies about Russia's destiny and the Antichrist attributed to him in devotional compilations.»
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Non si trova nell'opera di Ignatius Brianchaninov
They have an authentic core—letter 29 to Muravyov-Karsky on Russia's 'enormous significance' and his teachings on the end of the world—but popular anthologies expand and rearrange them without citing the source.
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«Delusion is the damaging of human nature by falsehood. Delusion is the state of all human beings without exception, produced by the fall of our forefathers. We are all in delusion. Knowing this is the greatest protection against delusion. The greatest delusion is to consider oneself free from delusion.»
«О молитве Иисусовой», Отдел II, «О прелести» (Аскетические опыты, t. I, cap. 27).
«It is natural for beggars to beg, and for man, impoverished by the Fall, to pray.»
«О молитве. Статья I» (Аскетические опыты, t. I, cap. 12), primera frase.
«The way to God is prayer. The measure of the way travelled is the various states of prayer into which one who prays rightly and constantly gradually enters.»
«О молитве. Статья I» (Аскетические опыты, t. I, cap. 12).