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Do you need education? Go to church, listen and watch. Lessons are taught to you through both hearing and sight.

— Theophan the Recluse

Hai bisogno di istruzione? Va' in chiesa, ascolta e guarda. Ti vengono impartite lezioni sia attraverso l'udito che attraverso la vista.

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God cares, ultimately, for only one thing: man's concrete need for Him; he has only one concern: to help man.

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