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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
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Justice and mercy are so united that they mutually temper each other: justice without mercy is cruelty, mercy without justice is disintegration.
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insensitivity
The Ladder of Divine Ascent: Insensitivity
Thisentryis part 5 of 8 in the series The Ladder of Divine AscentFrom John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus:
The insensitive man is a foolish philosopher, an exegete condemned by his own words, a scholar who contradicts himself, a blind man teaching sight to others. He talks about healing a wound […]

