Language like «
uncreated fire» is totally foreign to Western Christian experience and is another reason why this miracle is not understood in the West.
Not exact matches
He replied: «In this ceremony we are offering created
fire and from it comes
uncreated light, by the grace of the Holy Spirit... before the ceremony begins, a kantila — a little oil lamp — is placed, already lit, on the tomb.
For Orthodox Christians the
uncreated light is the visible energies of God — other examples include the burning bush, the light that transfigured both Moses and Jesus, the light that blinded Paul at his conversion and the
fire that descended upon the apostles at Pentecost.