The veneration of mighty invisible beings, which was extorted from helpless man through natural fear rooted in the sense of his impotence, did not begin with a religion but rather with a slavish worship of a god (or of idols). When this worship had achieved a certain publicly legalized form it was a temple service, and it became a church worship only after the moral culture of men was gradually united with its laws.
(In "Religion within the limits of bare reason", Emmanuel Kant)
Sunday 23 October 2016
of clericism and men
Saturday 8 October 2016
caucasus
View of Hayravank Monastery and Sevan Lake, Armenia
Kapatadze lake, on the road from David Gareji monastery to Sagaredjo, Georgia
(photos by O coxo, September 2016)
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