Translated from the
original by Costas Balomenos
Father Paisius, who “canonized” by the Eastern Church
n the first
Christian community, as we know mainly from the letters of the Apostle Paul,
all who were baptized in the name of Holy Trinity were
called "saints," not because they were righteous, but because they
were baptized, i.e. is because they belonged to this particular new community
(church) and were members of the body of Christ: "I send my
greetings to the saints of the Church of Corinth", "I send my greetings to the saints of the
Ephesian Church". So everybody was holy. Holiness, therefore, is
potentially present, and simultaneously has a
dynamic...