If someone wants to become a theologian, it is better for him to read the hymns of the Church. Blessed were those of former times, who had neither the University of Athens, nor the University of Thessalonica, where they could study. They had only the liturgical books and the Fathers. They read them and were first class Orthodox theologians.
The University of Athens was founded. Halki [the theological school of the Ecumenical Patriarchate*] was founded. Afterwards, they sent young people [to the West] to study Holy Scripture, biblical criticism, interpretation, and so on. What did [these young students] bring from the West? The theology of the Franks [i.e. the Roman Catholics]! The mistakes of Augustine, which became the foundation of the interpretive tradition of Western Christians [i.e. the Roman Catholics and Protestants] up to the present day. These are what they brought to Greece. But before they brought them here to Greece, they had taken them to Russia.
The University of Athens was founded. Halki [the theological school of the Ecumenical Patriarchate*] was founded. Afterwards, they sent young people [to the West] to study Holy Scripture, biblical criticism, interpretation, and so on. What did [these young students] bring from the West? The theology of the Franks [i.e. the Roman Catholics]! The mistakes of Augustine, which became the foundation of the interpretive tradition of Western Christians [i.e. the Roman Catholics and Protestants] up to the present day. These are what they brought to Greece. But before they brought them here to Greece, they had taken them to Russia.
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