What I Believe

Written by:
Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by:
David Barnes

Unabridged Audiobook

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31
Narrator
7
Release Date
January 2016
Duration
7 hours 59 minutes
Summary
"The inner working of my soul, which I wish to speak of here, was not the result of a methodical investigation of doctrinal theology, or of the actual texts of the gospel; it was a sudden removal of all that hid the true meaning of the Christian doctrine - a momentary flash of light, which made everything clear to me. It was something like that which might happen to a man who, after vainly attempting, by a false plan, to build up a statue out of a confused heap of small pieces of marble, suddenly guesses at the figure they are intended to form by the shape of the largest piece; and then, on beginning to set up the statue, finds his guess confirmed by the harmonious joining in of the various pieces." (Extract from Chapter 1)
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Alex S.

Leo was very confused with respect to his christian beliefs. He is a true example of the confusion that ensues when one does away with the Church and Tradition: from the denial of original sin to that of the resurrection of the deads via his pitting of individual life to collective life. I wonder which orthodoxe Church documents he read: had he never heard of the communion of saints ? The catholic absolute indissolubility of marriage? Leo at times seemed to be fighting against some caricatural doctrine which the Church does not teach. However, I m glad he came to believe in Jesus Christ, may he have mercy on his soul and grant him eternal repose . I admire his fire and determination to understand the Christian doctrine .

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