All Christians are equal. Some are just more equal than others.

(Some reflections on the hierarchical nature of Christianity)

Even the perfect soul is imperfect when compared with divine action.

-Iamblichus, De Mysteriis

Sometimes I just get an intellectual itch that I have to scratch. Since I read the Pope’s catechesis on St. Dionysius the Areopagite a couple of weeks back, I have been chewing over a particular passage over and over again:

Now then, [Proclus] made a distinction between the paths for the simple — those who were not able to elevate themselves to the heights of truth, for whom certain rites could be sufficient — and the paths for the wise, who on the other hand should purify themselves to arrive to pure light.