Indulging sinful and vain desires always leads to obsession with them, and after the obsession comes slavery, which is death to everything spiritual.… - Ignatius Bryanchaninov

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Indulging sinful and vain desires always leads to obsession with them, and after the obsession comes slavery, which is death to everything spiritual. Those who allowed themselves to follow their desires and carnal mind became obsessed with them, enslaved by them, forgot God and eternity, and waster their earthly lives pointlessly, dying an eternal death.

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About Ignatius Bryanchaninov

Saint Ignatius (Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, Дмитрий Александрович Брянчанинов, 1807–1867) was a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Alternative Names: Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov Ignace Briantchaninov Saint Ignatius Dmitry Bryanchaninov Dmitry Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov

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