Tag Archives: John Zizioulas

Preaching Good Good Very Good News: Proclamation, Liturgy, Kingdom

Posted on 1 October 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Preach the gospel in the performative mode of uncondi­tional promise—let’s call this the proclamatory rule of the gospel. It comes into play when the gospel-speaker is declaring the good news of Jesus Christ to one or more individuals, with the … Continue reading →

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Victory Over Death and the Acquisition of a Resurrection Hypostasis

Posted on 19 April 2018 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. Met John Zizioulas elaborates: This victory is achieved … Continue reading →

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Kasper and Moloney on the Divine Attributes

Posted on 25 March 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Fr Daniel Moloney recently reviewed Walter Cardinal Kasper’s book Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life for the March issue of First Things. I have not read this book, and I have to admit that Kasper is not … 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: 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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