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Tag Archives: incarnation
The Vulnerability and Invulnerability of the Natal Flesh of God
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
Posted in Paul Griffiths
Tagged fallen human nature, flesh, incarnation, Jesus Christ, kenosis, Paul Griffiths, the Fall, unfallen human nature
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This Jesus is the Eternal Word of God
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This one was in the beginning with God (Jn 1:1-2) John 1:1-2 was one of St Basil of Caesarea’s favorite texts, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Basil of Caesarea
Tagged Basil of Caesarea, divine Son, eternal Word, God, hypostatic union, incarnation, Logos
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When Did Jesus Decide to Die?
“For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it … Continue reading
The Gethsemene God
In A.D. 451 the Council of Chalcedon solemnly defined the doctrine of the Incarnation: So, following the saintly fathers, we all with one voice teach the confession of one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: the same perfect … Continue reading
The God-Man Who Could Not Die
Would Jesus have died of natural causes? The oddity of the question becomes clear when we compare it to another: Would Abraham Lincoln have died of natural causes if he had not attended Ford’s Theatre on that fateful evening? The … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Theology
Tagged aphthartodocetism, deification, docetism, Emmanuel Hatzidakis, incarnation, Jesus Christ, John Meyendorff, two natures
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The God-Man Who Freely Wills His Passions
In Jesus: Fallen? Fr Emmanuel Hatzidakis challenges the now popular thesis that the eternal Word assumed fallen human nature. We must distinguish, he says, between the blameless passions and the blameworthy passions—Christ only assumed the former. St John of Damascus … Continue reading
The Prelapsarian Christ
When the Word became flesh, he assumed, not human nature as originally constituted in Edenic innocence, but human nature as marked by sin and the curse of death—thus declare many modern theologians. The controlling images, at least for Kallistos Ware, … Continue reading
