{"id":4450,"date":"2016-09-25T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=4450"},"modified":"2016-09-23T20:45:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T00:45:21","slug":"acquiring-the-mind-of-christ-20160924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=4450","title":{"rendered":"Acquiring the Mind of Christ — 20160924"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"christ_icon\"<\/a>So the Eastern Church sees that the work of Christ, and therefore the Church, is to help humans to develop those positive, Christ-like characteristics that will bring humans to a greater level of communion with the One Who IS Life, God. Holistic healing is thus sought by the Eastern Church with the end of bringing about voluntary and free communion with God. The believer conquers death through participation in God\u2019s Life through the Mysteries (Sacraments) which the Church has been given through the inspiration and power of the Holy Spirit. The Church maintains seven powerful rituals which bring humankind into direct communion with God. Three of the seven are ongoing opportunities given to believers to encounter God and enter into ever-deeper communion with Him: Eucharist, Reconciliation (Penance) and Holy Anointing.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the Western understanding of all this essentially declares man \u201cnot guilty\u201d, and leaves him, unfortunately, unhealed and unchanged. In the mind of the Eastern Church this distorts the message of Christian salvation: to \u201cbe partakers of the divine nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

The formation of the Anselmian doctrine of Atonement is seen by modern commentators as \u201ca revolution in theology,\u201d beginning \u201ca new epoch in the theology of Atonement.\u201d This new doctrine stemmed from several factors. Foremost, a characteristic influence of the legalistic Roman mindset that was exhibited in Western theologians as early as Tertullian which encourages and supports a juridical conceptualization concerning the truths of the faith. Anselm drew from Tertullian who sees man\u2019s sin as a disturbance in the \u201cdivine order of justice,\u201d and makes penance a \u201csatisfaction to the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another strong influence on Anselm was St. Augustine. Not only did Anselm utilize St. Augustine\u2019s concept of \u201climited Atonement,\u201d but he also used his methods of theological and philosophical experimentation. St. Augustine, as you will recall, what the Western Father who formulated the idea of Original Sin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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