{"id":260487,"date":"2019-11-14T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=260487"},"modified":"2019-11-14T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:26:02","slug":"husi-bishop-says-we-should-be-addicted-to-the-bible-like-we-are-to-our-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/husi-bishop-says-we-should-be-addicted-to-the-bible-like-we-are-to-our-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Husi Bishop says we should be addicted to the Bible like we are to our smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018It would be wonderful if the dependence on the word of God were at least directly proportional to the addiction to our smartphone,\u2019 wrote Wednesday His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi on his Instagram account marking the Bible Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He stressed that we are in \u2018the age of word inflation,\u2019 an inflation which lacks the word of Scripture and that is why society is always \u2018in restlessness, conflict and much division.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why? Because it is no longer infused, vitaminized by the word of Scripture, which has a lot of quietude, peace, and unity in its inner fabric.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why? Because it was uttered by Jesus Christ the incarnate Word Who is our very Quietude, Peace and Unity.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Regarding technology, His Grace added that &#8220;an authentic Christian, when constantly and thoroughly nourished by the word of Scripture, learns, in a natural way, to relate extremely cautiously and wisely to technology, putting it in the service of faith and of his human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, the Bible to become the true technology of our being,&#8221; concluded Bishop Ignatie.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B40fBGhAZif\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Vezi aceast\u0103 postare pe Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B40fBGhAZif\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">O postare distribuit\u0103 de Ep. Ignatie (@ep_ignatie)<\/a> pe <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-11-13T21:05:51+00:00\">Nov 13, 2019 la 1:05 PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Photography courtesy of Doxologia \/ Tudorel Rusu<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It would be wonderful if the dependence on the word of God were at least directly proportional to the addiction to our smartphone,\u2019 wrote Wednesday His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi on his Instagram account marking the Bible Day. 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