I believe Nyssa would regard “biblical authors” as agents divinely inspired in ways that are meant to direct our own thinking and acting, and not on direct analogy with ourselves (who impute all manner of things, to use your language here). “We are not prophets or apostles” but rather understand God rightly by receiving their particular testimony given in sacred scripture.

I thank the author for his helpful and clear essay.

These are the words of a man whose name I have momentarily forgotten. He did not seem to be worthy of his calling; he changed his form of faith several times, but if this saying is truly attributed to him, I would say, he was at moments, channeling true wisdom.

“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity.”

If I am slightly misquoting this, please forgive, but I think the very end of this highlights Father Schlossberg’s finish, when he says, “That would be my little gift to them. But that would probably amount to the very best offering I made to God that Sunday.”