The steward should be like a thread (organic), with which internal organs are stitched, which should dissolve itself, that is, become an organic part of the organ it serves (mechanically) for its healing, catholicity! And if the priest does not think about integrating into the parish-body, but on the contrary, increases his lordship instead of humbling himself, further affirming his power, tyranny over the people of God—this is a catastrophe! Therefore, if everything is done correctly and the Orthodox instruction is followed, healing will take place, the body of the church will be healed, and this process of dying, the spread of gangrene will slow down! Theoretically, the whole body should heal if the Holy Spirit’s instruction is followed. But who now wants to live in Truth and not blaspheme the Holy Spirit?! However, individual organs—Eucharistic Parishes—can and should heal! More details about the Instruction and Treatment, the correct use of plasters, splints, threads—in direct catechesis! This cannot be conveyed in writing—the author cannot be understood without the author! And on paper, only the Gospel can be: that there is a way out! And how to implement it—this is known in tradition at the level of common life (at least in the context of the greatest possible community—in particular, communication by phone, Skype, and ideally—in direct conversations at meetings (this is a great luxury and means a lot—there is already a lot of community), at the extreme—correspondence-communication). Therefore, if you are interested in these issues at the level of practice—I will be glad to share with you what we have: write, let’s communicate (email at the end of the book), of course, provided that we will still be in this (II) form of existence.
We repeat once again, just being together in the flesh (in Protestantism, this works best) is not enough, it is only a necessary condition for salvation-healing, but not sufficient; there must be unity (in the flesh) in the context of the Eucharist, Orthodoxy, life in the context of the life-giving action of the Holy Spirit, Who breathes in the Body of Christ (and in the direction towards Christ), in the historical body of the Church! We emphasize once again: without hierarchy, it is impossible, the body will instantly fall apart and any conditions for healing will be destroyed—this will lead to a complete catastrophe. The Church is life in the Holy Spirit, ‘worship of God in Spirit and Truth’! The hierarchy as a superstructure, as a lifebuoy, plaster, splint, surgical threads for stitching tissues, ligaments, tendons… is a good ‘thing’ in itself! But there is no such good thing that cannot be distorted and used not for its intended purpose, not for good, but for evil! Now the hierarchy in most cases does not act life-givingly, does not serve unity (does not create conditions for the Eucharist—unity of the parish, diocese, etc.), but on the contrary, serves to divide the faithful, alienation, is an obstacle to any manifestation of unity, that is, serves not the work of Christ—the catholicity of the people of God, the body of the church, but the devil: building the synagogue of Satan—the area-reality of selfishness, individualism! Initially, the plaster (superstructure-hierarchy) was applied with one purpose—to serve healing, and ultimately it (the hierarchy in most servants) began to serve the ultimate (at the level of the atom-individual—further there is nowhere to divide: the body became a pile of sand, grains-atoms) disintegration, destruction, death-disintegration! We are now exaggerating a bit, but the picture of the current state of the churches is exactly that. Complete secularization is the last and most terrible, most dangerous heresy (deadly evil), which will kill the historical body of the church (the temples will be overcrowded, the altars full of priest-sacrificers, but there will be no faith, ‘Christians’ will be entirely flesh, as it was before the flood in the Old Testament!)! The only way out is to create Eucharistic Parishes, conditions for healing, the birth of wombs of Spirit-bearers! Whoever has ears to see, let him understand what the Holy Spirit proclaims to the churches!
Yes, under the plaster, mechanical unity is uncomfortable, it hurts, it itches, it is inconvenient-discomfort, and the plaster (discipline-order—creative, wise, loving, free, prudent—to each member-organ individual, personal, but discipline!) creates discomfort for my egoism, selfhood, passions—therefore the Instruction says: endure to the end—do not remove the plaster (because all treatment will have to start over), do not tear the seams (it itches, aches, breaks—endure, you can ask for a painkiller, some disciplinary relaxation—but do not touch the threads, plaster, splints!!! Undoubtedly, heresy, heretical plaster-tyranny must be removed immediately, and seek Orthodox, or at least not aggressively heretical, because now the hierarchy of stewards-plasters is very rarely used for its intended purpose), bear one another’s burdens, grow into each other—this is a painful process! But all this is nothing compared to the comfort with which the Lord comforts the participants of the Eucharistic Meal in the Kingdom of God!