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what is truth?

“Learning truth is like learning a trade; apprentices grow in experience little by little.” So says Basil the Great in his book, On the Holy Spirit, 16.

When truth is capitalised to Truth and used as a weapon, it seems in such contrast to this wise church leader who offers to his opponents a process of gradual learning, in the context of relational, experiential apprenticeship.

When truth is capitalised to Truth and used as a weapon, it seems in such contrast to Jesus. The fully human, fully divine who offers truth as embodied; “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” This is the same person who has offered a starting point of “Come, follow me and I will make you fishers of people.” So truth is set in the context of discipleship, and of a personal growing relationship with Jesus.