I believe that only God is eternal and immortal by nature and in essence. The angels and the souls of men are immortal only because God bestows this immortality upon them by grace. If if were not for the immortality which God bestows by His divine will, neither the angels nor the souls of men would be immortal of themselves.

Men's souls have no pre-existence. The how of the soul's birth, as well as separation from the body at the moment of the latter's biological death that it might be reunited to the body when the dead are raised at the Second and glorious Coming of our Saviour is a mystery which has not been revealed to us.

• Concerning God the Father
• Concerning the Holy Trinity
• Concerning the Incarnation
• Concerning Creation
• Concerning the Spiritual Hosts
• Concerning Immortality
• Concerning Evil
• Concerning Sin
• Concerning Man’s Free Will
• Concerning Faith and Works
• Concerning the Virgin Mary (Theotokos)
• Concerning the Saints
• Concerning the Holy Icons
• Concerning the Holy Relics of the Saints
• Concerning the Holy Scriptures
• Concerning the Church
• Concerning How the Church's Organization is Superior to Ethnic Considerations
• Concerning the Head of the Church
• Concerning the Church and Holy Tradition
• Concerning the Life That is to Come

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