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Chapter Fifty-One: The Virtue of Virginity. The effectiveness of Christ’s teaching in changing brutal dispositions and the tendency to murder and war. 1- Who among the human beings is yet […]
Chapter Fifty-One: The Virtue of Virginity. The effectiveness of Christ’s teaching in changing brutal dispositions and the tendency to murder and war. 1- Who among the human beings is yet […]
Chapter One Introduction: The topic of this article: the humility and incarnation of the Word. Teaching about creation through the word. The Father accomplished the salvation of the world through Him
“O Lord my God, You have been greatly exalted.” The highest types of prayer are praises of glorification. They are above supplications for forgiveness and requests. Here the psalmist lifts up
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”
We return to the stages of the book and its major themes one by one and begin with the absolute, profound principle: creation. The Book of Genesis in Hebrew, “Bereshit,” is the Book of
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المسيح إله تام وإنسان تام، وحّد في شخصه جوهر الألوهة وجوهر الطبيعة الإنسانية التي اتّخذها كلها، جسداً ونفساً ناطقة، أخذها كلها لكي يقدسها. والحقيقة انه كان كاملاً، أي حائزاً الطبيعة الإلهية كلها، واتخذني بكلّيتي، أي اتخذ الطبيعة الإنسانية كلها. فوحّد الكل بالكل لكي يمنح الخلاص للكل، أي للطبيعة كلها، لأن ما لا يُتّخذ لا يشفى.
عندما نتحدث عن عمل الله في الزمن، لا نعني أن الخليقة عمل مباشر لجوهر الله. وبكلام آخر، أن الخليقة التي أوجدها الله المثلث الأقانيم في الزمن ليست نتيجة الجوهر الإلهي، بل ثمرة إرادة الله المثلث الأقانيم.
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Introduction These pages are not a new translation of the Divine Liturgy service written by Saint John Chrysostom. Nor is it a study for this service
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There is a common mistake among people that makes God the creator of the principles of good and evil. It is as if God created man and gave him two choices: either
The plan of the creation of the world, which existed eternally according to the eternal will of the Holy Trinity, was realized in time by the contribution of each of the three persons in