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Theology Last Updated: Mar 20th, 2008 - 02:54:07


Theology
The Triumph of the Icons: History, Theology, and Implications for Orthodox Worship Today
The only way for Christ to save the world and restore it was to be born in it and to sanctify matter, by becoming matter Himself. Indeed, the Incarnation of the Son of God then not only made the veneration of icons possible within Orthodox Christianity but a downright necessity. St. Theodore the Studite wryly states that if only mental worship was sufficient, then God would not have become human and endured the Cross. He could just as easily have communicated with humans mentally.

Mar 20, 2008, 10:04

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Biblical Theology and the Sacrament of Penance
The doctrine of Repentance is represented in different books of the Old and New Testament. There it is set out with different degrees of fullness depending on historical conditions as well as on the sacred authors’ purposes and objectives. Philologically it is not restricted to any one term; and while the biblical teaching about salvation was evolving, repentance terminology was also acquiring fullness and accuracy in meaning

Nov 16, 2007, 04:45

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ORTHODOX TEACHING ON THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
The Greek term mysterion, on the other hand, has a meaning that is richer and more profound. The word occurs about thirty times in the New Testament, and nowhere there does it signify a liturgical rite. Equally, in the New Testament ‘mystery’ does not mean, as it tends to do in modern usage, simply an unsolved puzzle, a conundrum or enigma.

Nov 14, 2007, 03:15


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