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As we were baptized, so we. . .

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“As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.”

-St Basil The Great

The Son, whose birth is. . .

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The Son, whose birth is beyond investigation, underwent another birth which can be investigated.

In one fell swoop, St. Ephrem eviscerates both empiricism (everything must be investigated scientifically) and fideism (faith in God means we don’t need reason)

 

— St. Ephraim the Syrian