If it is true that Christ is the Son of Man, consubstantial with us, then it follows that everything that He accomplished in His earthly life must likewise be possible for the rest of the sons of man. I truly … Continue reading
Category Archives: Learning Our Faith from the Church Fathers
The Fathers highlight another mystery concerning the Life of Christ on earth as a model and pattern for our own Life in Christ. This is revealed in the fact that even with the human nature of Christ we may observe … Continue reading
St. John Climacus felt that the very first rung on the Ladder of Ascent is probably one of the more difficult rungs. John sees the first step as renunciation of this world and things of this world. He says that … Continue reading
It is important to remember that the Greek Fathers stressed that in Christ Jesus we find man’s rightful place, “on the right hand of the Father,” sharing in the divine Life; but, as with the two natures in Christ, man … Continue reading
The Fathers of our Church tell us that Christ is the measure of all things, both divine and human. Since the divine Ascension, our human nature has been raised up to the right hand of God the Father. In His … Continue reading
In the last installment of this article, I presented some of the thoughts of Maximus which are the foundation for Eastern Christian spirituality. Maximus stated, in deification man achieves the supreme goal for which he was created. This goal, already … Continue reading
In the last installment of this article I began sharing with you what the Fathers thought being in Christ concretely means. They felt and believed that the new life in Christ, brought about by the actions of Christ, implies personal … Continue reading
I have tried to present the Greek patristic view of original sin as inherited mortality which provides a new meaning to Christ’s death and resurrection. Christ had to die in order to eliminate mortality and reveal to us that human … Continue reading
In this article I have been sharing ideas about Jesus Christ that have been derived from such Eastern Fathers of the Church as John of Damascus. I would continue sharing these ideas. The three days when Christ’s humanity suffered the … Continue reading
In Eastern Christian theology the death of Christ was not to satisfy a legal requirement but to vanquish the frightful cosmic reality of death, which held humanity under its usurped control and pushed it into the vicious circle of sin … Continue reading