1-3: Jesus Christ is our standard and our foundation
Jesus Christ, the Holy Second Person of God, the only Son of God, born of the Father before all ages, is fully God and fully man. lhave […]
Jesus Christ, the Holy Second Person of God, the only Son of God, born of the Father before all ages, is fully God and fully man. lhave […]
After all our previous clarifications, it remains for us to learn about the teaching of the Church Fathers as summarized by John of Damascus, which is considered an argument among the Orthodox.
Abraham had seen him before: 44 - Moses also says that the Son of God descended near Abraham and spoke to him, “and appeared to him.”
Incarnation: 31 - Thus (the incarnate Logos) united man with God and created a communion between God and man. If he had not come
Introduction: 1- Know, O beloved Marcian (1), your zeal and piety towards God, which is the only path that leads a person towards eternal life.
The theological importance of Saint Irenaeus is due to two reasons: The first reason: He lifted the mask with which the Gnostic heresy had covered its teaching, claiming that
Let us now enter into the heart of the matter with faith, love, and trembling, because when talking about the Trinity, angels tremble at its horror. 1- “I believe in one God”
The aim of studying this material is: to become acquainted with the Orthodox doctrines, that is, the true truths of the Christian faith that the Apostles preached and taught.
In the incarnation everything is realized. Or rather, God Himself, who is everything, is present. Instead of symbols and figures, instead of shadow, He comes in Him.
Man cannot know the divine truth, that is, he cannot know the essence of God, but only knows the uncreated actions of God, that is, His effects. However, the Church tradition and the Holy Bible speak of specific appearances of God, the most important of which was His appearance to Abraham in the form of three angels. The Church Fathers say that this event is the first appearance of the Holy Trinity in the Old Testament.
We do not have sufficient data about the details of his life, but we can trace its stages through information scattered in his writings, from letters
Theodore Abu Qurra (+825) is the Orthodox bishop of the city of Harran. Harran is one of the major cities of Mesopotamia. Born in