He never thought that his teachings could contradict faith in God. After Darwin expounded his doctrine of evolution and the development of the living world, he was asked: "Where is the beginning of the chain of development of the animal world, where is its first link?" Darwin replied, "It is chained to the Throne of the Most High." The great geologist (earth scientist) Lyell writes: "In every investigation we discover the clearest proofs of the foresight, power and wisdom of the creative mind of God."

The learned historian Müller declares: "Only with the knowledge of the Lord and after a thorough study of the New Testament did I begin to understand the meaning of history." It would be possible to cite an unlimited number of testimonies of scientists about faith in God, but we think that this is enough for now, and we will point to one more eloquent proof. The scientist Dennert asked 432 natural scientists (studying nature) about faith in God through letters (questionnaires).

56 of them did not send answers, 349 scientists turned out to be believers in God, and only 18 said that they were either non-believers or indifferent to faith. The results of this survey of scientists coincide with the results of other similar studies. "Only half-knowledge leads people to godlessness. No one denies the existence of God, except those who benefit from it," says the English scientist Bacon.

A young girl, the Holy Great Martyr Barbara, seeing the greatness and beauty of God's world, came to the knowledge of the true God. In this way, God reveals Himself through the visible world to every person who has reason and good will. Faith in God is the basic property of the human soul. The soul is given to man from God: it is, as it were, a spark and a reflection in man of the Divinity itself.

Proceeding from God, having in Him a kindred being, the soul of its own accord, of its own free will, turns to God, seeks Him: "My soul thirsts for the strong and living God" (Psalm 41:2-3). Just as the eyes turn to the light and are designed to see the light, so the human soul strives for God, has a need for communion with Him, and finds peace and joy (happiness) only in God.

A flower is drawn to the sun because it receives light and warmth from the sun, without which it cannot live and grow. In the same way, man's constant, irresistible attraction to God comes from the fact that only in God can our soul find everything that it needs for a proper and healthy life. That is why all peoples at all times believed in God and offered up prayers to Him, although they often errred, incorrectly believed in God, but never lost faith in the Divinity, i.e ., they always had a religion. (

Religion is the spiritual union of man with the Divine). The universality of faith in God has been known since the time of Aristotle, the greatest Greek scientist (philosopher and naturalist, born in 384 BC). And now, when scientists know all the peoples who have inhabited and inhabit our land without exception, it has been confirmed that all peoples have their own religious beliefs, prayers, temples and sacrifices. "Ethnography (

science, which studies life - the way of life of all peoples inhabiting the earth) does not know irreligious peoples," says the German geographer and traveler Ratzel. If there are individual convinced atheists, they are rare exceptions, a painful deviation from the norm. And just as the existence of the blind, the deaf, and the dumb does not speak against the fact that mankind possesses the gift of sight, hearing, and speech; Just as the existence of idiots does not deny that man is a rational being, so the existence of atheists does not refute the fact (obvious truth) of the universality of religion.

However, natural revelation alone is not enough, since sin darkens a person's mind, will, and conscience. Proof of this is all kinds of pagan religions, in which truth is mixed with false human fabrications. That is why the Lord completes natural revelation with supernatural revelation. (Compiled according to the book. "Religion and Science" by Frank, "Is there a God?" by Archpriest. G. Shoretz et al.).

О сверхъестественном Божественном Откровении. О Священном Предании и Священном Писании Главное Свое откровение Бог сообщает людям особым, необычным способом, или, как мы говорим, сверхъестественным образом — это когда Бог открывает о Себе непосредственно Сам или через ангелов. Такое откровение и называется сверхъестественным Божественным откровением.

Так как не все люди могут сами принимать откровение от Самого Бога, по своей нечистоте греховной и немощи духа и тела, то Господь избирает особенных, праведных людей, которые могут принять это откровение. Первыми провозвестниками откровения Божия были: Адам, Ной, Моисей и другие пророки и праведные люди. Все они приняли от Бога и проповедали начатки откровения Божия.

В полноте же и совершенстве Божие откровение принес на землю Сам воплотившийся Сын Божий, Господь наш Иисус Христос, и распространил его по всей земле через Своих апостолов и учеников. Это Божественное откровение и теперь распространяется между людьми и сохраняется в истинной, святой православной Церкви двумя способами: посредством Священного Предания и Священного Писания.

Первоначальный способ распространения откровения Божия есть Священное Предание. От начала мира до Моисея не было священных книг, а учение о вере Божией передавалось устно, преданием, то есть словом и примером, от одного другому и от предков потомкам. Сам Иисус Христос Свое божественное учение и установления передал ученикам Своим словом (проповедью) и примером Своей жизни, а не книгою (писанием).

Таким же способом вначале и апостолы распространяли веру и утверждали Церковь Христову. Священное Предание всегда предшествовало Священному Писанию. Это вполне понятно, потому что книгами могут пользоваться не все люди, а предание доступно для всех без исключения. В дальнейшем, чтобы Божественное откровение сохранилось вполне точно, по внушению Господа, некоторые святые люди записали самое главное в книги.