In the Church of the Twelve Apostles, which he had built, Constantine prepared in the midst of the twelve symbolic tombs of the apostles a thirteenth, for himself. Did not the conversion of the empire fulfill the prophecy of the apostles? This thirteenth tomb gave rise to the emperor’s title as “equal to the apostles.”
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Do you consider ADHD or/and Autism a disability? These conditions are classified as developmental disabilities, which means they affect how a person grows and learns.
They are not the same as learning disabilities, which affect specific skills like reading or math. People with developmental disabilities have the right to receive accommodations in their work and school environments, such as extra time, breaks, or assistive technology. However, some people may feel reluctant to ask for these accommodations, because they don't want to label themselves as disabled. I think this is the wrong way of thinking. I compare it to my situation of having poor eyesight. Without glasses or contacts, I see very little, just blurry blobs. Does that make me disabled? Maybe, but I don't let it stop me from living my life. I use glasses and contacts to correct my vision and make it easier for me to function and it is never questioned. Asking for help for ADHD and Autism related challenges should be seen in the same way as wearing glasses.
Augustine bound the receiving of grace to membership in the visible church. He also supported, however, the doctrine that God chooses whom he will and gives them power to serve him, which makes salvation a matter between God and the individual. It was this doctrine, recovered in the Protestant Reformation, that gave the Reformers reason to deny that any church could come between the soul and its Maker.
Augustine taught that the whole human race was “in Adam” and shared his fall. Humanity became a “mass of corruption,” incapable of any good (saving) act. Every individual, from earliest infancy to old age, is contaminated by sin and deserves nothing but damnation. Since we are capable of doing nothing good of ourselves, all power to do good must be the free gift of God—that is, grace. Out of the mass of the fallen race, God chooses some to receive this grace, which comes to them from the work of Christ, and ordinarily through the church and especially through its sacraments.
"Biliyor musun, gezegenlerin hareketini her gün izlemek, günlük hayatlarımızın ne kadar küçük ve önemsiz olduğunu anlamanı sağlıyor. Tartışıyoruz. Kavga ediyoruz. Çabalıyoruz. Servetimizi artırmak için rekabet ediyoruz. Evrene bak. Hareketi devasa bir saat gibi çok dinamik. Dünya bu saatin çarklarındaki küçük bir dişliden ibaret, insanların yarattığı fark ise bakterilerinkinden fazla değil. Kısa hayatlarını yaşayan, küçük savaşlarında savaşan milyonlarca ve milyonlarca bakteri. Evrenin mekanizmaları olmasaydı hiçbirimizin var olamayacağını durup düşünmüyorlar bile. İnsanların ne yaptığına bak—ölmeden önce asla harcamayacakları bir banka hesabı için birbirlerini öldürüyorlar. Bu saçmalık."
"You know, watching the movement of the planets every day makes you realize how small and insignificant our daily lives are. We argue. We fight. We struggle. We compete to increase our wealth. Look at the universe. Its movement is so dynamic, like a huge clock. The earth is just a cog in the gears of the clock, and humans make no more difference than bacteria do. Millions and millions of bacteria living their short lives battling their petty battles. They don’t stop to think that without the mechanisms of the universe, none of us would exist. Look at what people do—they kill each other for a deposit in the bank, which they will never spend before they die. It’s ridiculous.”
Nostalgia
It is a part of the river in which to dream of former days, of long-lost forms and faces, and of things that might have been but are not.
