Monthly Archives: April 2013

“He is the One that smote sin and robbed iniquity of offspring”

Posted on 30 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

There was much proclaimed by the prophets about the mystery of the Passover: that mystery is Christ, and to him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. For the sake of suffering humanity he came down from heaven to earth, … Continue reading →

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St Athanasius: The Body of God

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Inasmuch as he is the Word and Son of the Father, he took to himself a body that was capable of death” (Inc. 9). “Therefore, it was fitting that he took a mortal body” (Inc. 13). “The Savior of all … Continue reading →

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“Let us go together to meet Christ”

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Let us go together to meet Christ on the Mount of Olives. Today he returns from Bethany and proceeds of his own free will toward his holy and blessed passion, to consummate the mystery of our salvation. He who came … Continue reading →

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St Athanasius: The Incarnation as Revelation

Posted on 26 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

If the knowledge of God was to be restored and the human race saved, it was necessary that the eternal Word and Image of the Father assume a human body. Only the radical solution of the incarnation could have achieved … Continue reading →

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St Athanasius: The Life of Man is the Knowledge of the Father

Posted on 26 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Created from out of nothing, man is, by nature, incapable of apprehending the transcendent Creator; yet because he is also created in the image of the divine Image, he is given the possibility and privilege, by grace, of knowing God. … Continue reading →

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Victory Over Death and the Acquisition of a Resurrection Hypostasis

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Christ Jesus is the savior of the world because in his divine person (hypostasis) he has united created nature and taken it through the crucible of death into a glorified eternal existence. John Zizioulas elaborates: This victory is achieved in … Continue reading →

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When Are Immortal Creatures Immortal?

Posted on 19 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“What is created is, of its nature, mortal.” I quoted the above sentence in my previous article, “The Ontological Entropy of the Zizioulian Universe.” I hoped it might evoke a comment or two. Assuming the accuracy of the translation, there … Continue reading →

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Given recent discussion here on Eclectic Orthodoxy on the subject of the atonement, I recommend Fr Stephen Freeman’s latest article “Therapeutic Substitutionary Atonement.” Also take a look at Fr Ted’s series “Images of Salvation.”

Posted on 19 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel | Comments Off on Therapeutic Substitutionary Atonement