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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 7. Divine Providence

Who declares to us the provisions (judgments) of God?

The answer

St. John Chrysostom says, “How have we come to know this, O Paul? Who revealed, who made clear these things that are unseen and unheard of and have not entered into the heart of man? Tell and show us who provided us such knowledge. God, he says, has revealed it to us by His Holy spirit (1 Cor. 2:10). Then, in order that no one should think that the Spirit knows only that which God has revealed to us through Him and that He does not also possess all knowledge, he adds: For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man that is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. (1 Cor. 2:10–11).”551

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

551 St. John Chrysostom, On the Providence of God by St. John Chrysostom, (St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2015): pp. 43–44, amended.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.