Showing posts with label Christology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christology. Show all posts

Sunday, July 15, 2007

The height of stupidity

"But the Pharisees said, He casteth out demons through the prince of demons." (Matt 9:34) These words are the height of stupidity, for no demon casts out other demons. But let us suppose that He cast out demons as one who served the prince of demons, that is, as a magician. How then did He heal diseases, forgive sins, and preach the Kingdom? For the demon does just the opposite: he brings on diseases and separates man from God.
Blessed Theophylact

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

On Wisdom

...the Wisdom of God is Christ His Only-begotten Son: and he by his doctrine degraded the Wisdom of God into a female element...
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
I think you'll agree with me that there have been many of these "he's", especially in these modern times, i.e., the last 100-150 years.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The presence of Christ

Only by severely downgrading or eliminating altogether the importance of initiation into the life of the Church can one speak of Orthodox witness to the heterodox in the framework of ecumenical encounter. Ultimately, this translates into denying the existential reality of the Church itself (the life in Christ), and hence, by extension, the very diachronic presence of the Incarnate Christ Himself.
Fr. Peter Alban Heers