Man’s true nature and true life do not emanate from earthly data, but from the Triune God Himself, because man is the image of God. If we want to seek man’s true life, we must draw near to God and savor His life. Only life close to God is “natural,” that is, life that corresponds to man’s true nature. As for distance from God, it is “unnatural.”
We have seen that the nature of man itself was transformed, as a result of the fall. Consequently, Adam passed on to his descendants a heavy legacy, for he bequeathed to them a sick and worn-out nature, whose lot is death and corruption. So how can the descendants of Adam, that is, all of humanity, be saved?
The Church is the work of Christ on earth and is the image of His presence and dwelling in the world. When the Holy Spirit descended on the Church on the Day of Pentecost, which was represented by the Twelve and those gathered with them, He entered the world to dwell among us and to make His work more effective in us than before.
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يُفترض بكهنة المسيح ألا يبشِّروا، من منبر الوعظ على الأقل، بأفكارهم الخاصة لأن الأيدي تُوضع عليهم في الكنيسة للتبشير بكلمة الله. فيُسلَّم إليهم إنجيل يسوع المسيح وتُودع عندهم الرسالة الخالدة والفريدة. لذلك يُنتظر منهم نشر “الإيمان الذي أُعطي للقديسين” وحفظه.
On Holy Thursday we followed Jesus into the upper room. Today, on Good Friday (49), we will follow him to Calvary. We will not follow him
Fasting, in its exclusive sense, ends on the Friday following the fifth Sunday of Lent, when the forty-day period ends. The period of pain extends
The Son’s Submission to the Father Explaining the Correct Meaning of the Verse (1 Corinthians 15:28) And when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subject to Him who subjected them to Him.
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“..Who for the sake of us humans and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnated by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.”
(In his boundless love, God made himself as we are, in order to make us as he is)… Saint Irenaeus (died in the year
The birthday of Christ as a human being is the head of the feasts, according to what Saint John Chrysostom says. All other feasts of the Lord - Apparition,
The transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor occurred shortly before the Passion, precisely forty days before the Passion and Crucifixion. To this, goal
المقولات في المسيح أربعة أنواع أصليّة: تُقسم المقولات في المسيح إلى أربعة أقسام أصليّة، ذلك نسبةً إلى ما قبل تأنّسه
