ACC ~ Mark 13 v8

ECOLOGICAL CRISIS

ORIGEN: Just as bodies become sick before their death if they do not suffer violence from without, and in all cases the way of separation of soul from body comes through weakness, so it happens with the whole course of the world creation. When the creation begins to decay, having as it has both beginning and end, it must grow weak before its dissolution. At this point the earth may be frequently shaken with earthquakes. The air having received some diseased contagion may become overrun with pestilence. [1] Moreover the vital energies of the earth itself may suddenly fail and strangle its fruits. These destructive forces may pollute the regenerative capacity of all trees. COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 34. [2]

[1] Cf. Lk 21:10-11.

[2] PG 13:1649; AEG 5:122*.