3 Orthodoxy’s Anthropology ‘Tell us about the visions that you see,’ a monk once said to St. Pachomius (286–346). ‘A sinner like me does not expect to see visions from God,’ Pachomius replied, ‘But let me tell you about a great vision. If you see a holy and humble man, that is a great vision. For what greater vision can there be than this: to see the invisible God revealed in his temple, a visible human person?’1 The doctrinal differences between the Eastern half and the Western half of Christendom
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