Revisiting the Patristic Theology of the Icon. Part 2: The Modern Theology of the Icon: Is it Orthodox?
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Revisiting the Patristic Theology of the Icon. Part 2: The Modern Theology of the Icon: Is it Orthodox?
The so-called Creed of Athanasius, often called by its first words in Latin Quicunque vult, states that Christ is “equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead; and inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood.”
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Icons are something like sacraments in materiality: they participate in what they represent and communicate the sacredness to the believer.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
This is creative, Christian interpretation that uses the text of the Bible as something with which I “think theologically.”
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
As Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–c. 396) said, if one does not read scripture in a “philosophical” fashion one will see only myths and contradictions.