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The Fathers and Theosis
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15-10-2009, 04:53 PM
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Well I'm sorry to disappoint you, and further sorry that you're unable to appreciate the difference between the two. The EO's have worked hard to reconcile Gregory Nyssa and Athanasius, and that means reconciling these to terms in order to convey that the two spoke the same. Athanasius is held in such high esteem by EO's and OO's alike yet the EO's rarely quote him, instead they quote the "pillars of orthodoxy" of which none are Athanasius or Cyril. It is my opinion, that this is because EO theology does not agree with them - sure there are small isolated quotes here and there but it is highly disproportionate compared to the importance that these Saints held.
If I had time, I would surely love to put together a comprehensive paper on this, maybe in five years or so, but in the end you will present it to your authorities who will dismiss it as drivel, and you will be of the same opinion still. This is human nature. If there was no difference in our theology, there would have never been a grounds for schism. The EO's say our theology was heretical, but we only adhered to the words of Cyril "One incarnate nature of God the Word." Many scholars hold the opinion that the only reason Cyril escaped being labeled a monophysite is because he died before Chalcedon. I'm not exactly sure what you were looking for, I have my suspicions, but then again you never really outright asked for it either. We sort of danced around a "banner" topic, which I suspected was in order to back door a connection to the theology of Baptists and Mennonites. But I digress, if we can not recognize the fundamental difference, then we have no hope of digging down into the finer details; it will simply be a back and forth as on so many other forums. |
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