Аннотация: How to save the Holy Wisdom? Hypothesis.
How to save the Holy Wisdom? Hypothesis.
Suppose that a spiritual leader decided to read a sermon before a wide audience, including both 'ordinary people' and high-ranking officials. And no one can to ban the assumption that events take place in an Orthodox church.
What questions does a spiritual leader dedicate his sermon to?
Although we live in the midst of many of the most pressing issues, suppose the preacher takes, for example, the commandments:
Thou shalt not kill [Dont kill].
Neither shalt thou commit adultery [Do not commit adultery].
Neither shalt thou steal [Do not steal].
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour [Do not make a false witness against your neighbor].
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another [Do not steal, do not lie, do not deceive one another].
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning [Do not offend your neighbor and do not rob. A pay to the mercenary should not stay with you until the morning].
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour [Do not lie in court; Do not be polite to the poor and do not please the great face; You ought to judge thy neighbor in truth].
But not only the topic of the sermon is important.
Important, for example, a mutual disposition, the relative position of the preacher and listeners. An intonation, facial expression of the preacher is important.
Suppose a spiritual figure can stand next to a high-ranking persons, turning with them to the common people, and explain to the common people the meaning of Truths.
But there is another option. A spiritual figure stands in front of the audience, turning by his face to their faces. Among the listeners are high-ranking persons and ordinary people.
There are important details here too. With what facial expression to look at the audience? What intonation to speak with?
You can speak delightedly, enthusiastically, gratefully, you can speak kindly, encouraging, conciliatory, instructive ...
The sermon will sound completely different when the expression on the face of the preacher is strict, angry. And his intonations will be demanding, menacing.
And our hypothesis is that if the preacher chooses for the sermon, for example, commandments such as
Thou shalt not kill [Dont kill].
Neither shalt thou commit adultery [Do not commit adultery].
Neither shalt thou steal [Do not steal].
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour [Do not make a false witness against your neighbor].
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another [Do not steal, do not lie, do not deceive one another].
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning [Do not offend your neighbor and do not rob. A pay to the mercenary should not stay with you until the morning].
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour [Do not lie in court; Do not be polite to the poor and do not please the great face; You ought to judge thy neighbor in truth].
If the preacher will stand directly in front of the audience (including a high-ranking persons), if he will speak with a strict, angry expression on his face, speak loudly, demandingly, threateningly, revealing, then - this is our hypothesis - such a sermon will help to preserve the Holy Wisdom.
In practice, every spiritual leader, every preacher chooses the topics for the sermon and his own style of preaching at his discretion. To what extent other themes and other styles will contribute to the saving of the Holy Wisdom - hypotheses can be put forward on this issue ...
July 11, 2020 17:10
Translation from Russian into English: July 11, 2020 19:13.
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