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The Tactual, Tangible, Carnal Salvation of Christ

Posted on 29 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Reading Paul J. Griffiths’s Decreation and Christian Flesh I was repeatedly struck by the significance of the sense of touch. Human flesh desires to touch and be touched. “Flesh is haptic,” Griffiths writes, “which is to say that flesh touches and is touched, … Continue reading →

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Piercing the Veil: Ascension, Heaven, Eucharist

Posted on 27 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Two affirmations,” writes Paul J. Griffiths, “are required of Christians about Jesus’ ascended flesh” (Christian Flesh, p. 49): The ascended flesh is now located at the right hand of the Father. The ascended flesh is truly present in the Holy … Continue reading →

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“Do not touch me!”: The Haptic Enigma of Christ’s Resurrected Flesh

Posted on 22 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Between the death of the Lord’s natal flesh and the inauguration of his ascended flesh, there is the enigmatic time of resurrected flesh. In the mode of historical corporeality, Jesus was haptically available to family, friends, enemies, and strangers. They … Continue reading →

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The Vulnerability and Invulnerability of the Natal Flesh of God

Posted on 20 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. John 1:14 To fully understand human corporeality, we … Continue reading →

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Eros and Flesh in the Devastation

Posted on 12 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Human flesh, like all forms of flesh, is locatable in timespace. We can measure it, we can map it, we can clock its movements. The same may be said for material inanimate entities, yet an important difference remains. We inhabit … Continue reading →

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Flesh in the Devastation

Posted on 8 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Fleshly creatures in the LORD’s image and likeness”—Paul J. Griffiths proposes this formula as a provisional definition of human beings (Decreation, p. 157). One could easily write a series of books unpacking this definition. In this post and the next, … Continue reading →

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