Tag Archives: Christos Yannaras

Repentance and Salvation: Transcending the Pharisee Within

Posted on 25 January 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matt 16:25)—here is the heart of Orthodox ethics, Christos Yannaras passionately avers. This may come as a surprise to many. … Continue reading →

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When Divine Truth Becomes Fundamentalism

Posted on 7 January 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The two greatest obstacles to the upcoming pan-Orthodox synod,” Met John Zizioulas recently remarked, “are nationalism and fundamentalism.” This comment reasonably elicits the question, “What is fundamentalism?” Not easy to answer. One man’s fundamentalism is another man’s revelation. And then … Continue reading →

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Christos Yannaras: Asceticism as Repentance, Repentance as Failure

Posted on 20 January 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matt 16:25)—here is the heart of Orthodox Christian ethics, Christos Yannaras passionately avers. This may come as a surprise to … Continue reading →

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Christos Yannaras: The God of Orthodoxy Meets the Deity of the West

Posted on 15 January 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“For the Church,” avers Christos Yannaras, “sin is not a legal but an existential fact. It is not simply a transgression, but an active refusal on man’s part to be what he truly is: the image and ‘glory,’ or manifestation, … Continue reading →

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Christos Yannaras: The Fall of Humanity into the Desperate Passion for Survival

Posted on 11 January 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Man was created to become a partaker in the personal mode of existence which is the life of God,” writes Christos Yannaras—“to become a partaker in the freedom of love which is true life” (The Freedom of Morality, p. 19). … Continue reading →

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Christos Yannaras: Did God Choose to Exist?

Posted on 7 January 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Man has been endowed by God with the gift of being a person, with personhood, which is to exist in the same mode in which God exists” (Elements of Faith, p. 58). At first glance this statement seems uncontroversial. Personalism … Continue reading →

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Christos Yannaras: Human Person as Icon of God

Posted on 1 January 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The Almighty God, Holy Scripture teaches us, created humanity in his Image; but precisely what this means is unclear. Theologians have offered various interpretations of the Imago Dei over the centuries, typically identifying a property or attribute mutually shared by … Continue reading →

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Christos Yannaras: The God who is Person & Love

Posted on 30 December 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I had not planned to walk over to my bookshelf and pull out my unread copy of The Freedom of Morality. Christos Yannaras, through no fault of his own, simply was not on my must-read-in-the-next-decade list. So many books, not … Continue reading →

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