The Ancient Modern
Orthodox / Joshua Alan Sturgill
To be fully Orthodox,
what terms should you know?
What are the passwords
into heaven, the winks
and secret gestures
that let God know
you’re of His inner circle?
Nepsis and nous? Hesychia?
What about archimandrite or
apocatastasis? While
amassing saints’ lives
and theological armaments,
always ask: are they bread
or stones? Will they lift me
into prayer, or bind me
to the pious monks in Hell
who gnash their teeth forever
on these same words?
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