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#221742 - 01/29/07 03:15 PM St. Athanasius the Great on Revision
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"Our canons and our forms were not given to the Churches at the present day, but were wisely and safely transmitted to us from our forefathers. Neither had our faith its beginning at this time, but it came down to us from the Lord through his disciples. That therefore the ordinances which have been preserved in the Churches from old time until now, may not be lost in our days, and the trust which has been committed to us required at our hands; rouse yourselves, brethren, as being stewards of the mysteries of God, on seeing them now seized upon by aliens."

St Athanasius the Great


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#221749 - 01/29/07 03:30 PM Re: St. Athanasius the Great on Revision [Re: Slavipodvizhnik]
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An interesting quuotation smile

Thank you Alexndr.

I think it's also time to find once more a certain quotation attributed to Petronius

now off on the hunt

Ooooh I was in time for this biggrin

Quote:

We trained hard but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were re-organised.

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by re-organising, and what a wonderful method it is for creating an illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.

Petronius 26 AD


Edited by Our Lady's slave (01/29/07 03:49 PM)

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