Share wrote: > But again to Judy: Death is the natural result of turning aside from God, > says Rev Hughes > in the last sentence of the 5th paragraph under Approach of the Orthodox > Fathers. From > this I would extrapolate that illness, according to the Orthodox Fathers is > also a natural > result of turning aside from God.
Well, you just go right ahead and extrapolate your little brains out, OK? Share wrote: > My questions to emptybill are: what does Cyril of Alexandria > mean by the sin of one? He means Eve's disobedience. (I'm sure emptybill will correct me if I get anything wrong.) > Also, if all sin is illness, does that mean that the orthodox fathers > believe that all illness is indicative of sin? Did you read this part? "...Sickness, suffering and death come and when they do God's grace is able to transform them into life-bearing trials, but are they God's will? Does God punish us when the mood strikes, when our behavior displeases Him or for no reason at all?" The answer in the essay to these rhetorical questions is clearly no.
