{"id":4997,"date":"2017-02-19T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T21:03:11","slug":"acquiring-the-mind-of-christ-20170219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=4997","title":{"rendered":"Acquiring the Mind of Christ — 20170219"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Eastern Church sees man\u2019s task during this earthly existence as one of growing in his relationship and communion with God through his growing and relationship with his fellowmen. As he perfects his ability to unconditionally love and forgive others he grows in his ability to have a real relationship with God. Why? Because he grows in his likeness to Jesus, the Christ. The believer conquers death through participation in God\u2019s Life through the mysteries (sacraments) and ascetical or religious discipline. Conversely, the Anselmian understanding essentially declares man \u201cnot guilty,\u201d and leaves him, unfortunately, unhealed and unchanged. This is a difference in how the Eastern Church sees the real 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 is exhibited in Western theologians as early as Tertullian which encourages and supports a juridical conceptualization concerning the truths of the faith.<\/p>\n

We must always remember that the Church is set in the context of particular societies and, because it is a human organization, is influenced by the society in which it is set. The Eastern and Western societies even in the Holy Roman Empire were extremely different. Anselm drew from Tertullian who saw man\u2019s sin as a disturbance in the \u201cdivine order of justice,\u201d and made penance a \u201csatisfaction to the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another strong influence on Anselm was St. Augustine. Not only did Anselm utilize Augustine\u2019s concept of \u201climited Atonement,\u201d but he also used his methods theological and philosophical experimentation. After Anselm\u2019s and subsequently Peter Abelard\u2019s \u201crevolution\u201d in Atonement theology, most in the West became further estranged from the Eastern Church\u2019s experience. Thus arose a host of new supposed \u201cdevelopments\u201d in theology from Catholic and Protestant scholars: Vicarious Atonement which placates God\u2019s anger; Don Scotus\u2019 \u201cmerits\u201d for the predestined; and indulgences, which apparently \u201cpays\u201d for the offenders\u2019 sins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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