tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745332211162821847.post720828130973711844..comments2023-09-26T02:13:51.873-07:00Comments on East Meets East: "Who do you say that I am?" (Part 1) East Meets East Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16108169054055127493noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745332211162821847.post-62938254389991904732016-03-20T05:09:09.600-07:002016-03-20T05:09:09.600-07:00Evlogite adelfe!does this blog is activ?Evlogite adelfe!does this blog is activ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745332211162821847.post-18653331228425228232013-08-30T00:07:06.283-07:002013-08-30T00:07:06.283-07:00Fr is absolutely correct about our Lord's suff...Fr is absolutely correct about our Lord's sufferings: "he does so in his human nature and not as divine nature but as one divine person". St Maximos plus many other Orthodox fathers explicitly denied that the divine nature in Christ suffered- it was only His human nature.Fr. Dr. John N D'Altonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623594197781410448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745332211162821847.post-11780476909202827552012-10-22T09:33:21.507-07:002012-10-22T09:33:21.507-07:00An interesting distinction to draw - many Orthodox...An interesting distinction to draw - many Orthodox would reject it I think, though it's been a long while since I read St. Severus, so perhaps my thinking is off on this issue.Jon Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906335382429497204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745332211162821847.post-77776803284855079072012-09-23T00:18:07.977-07:002012-09-23T00:18:07.977-07:00" that suffering and change adheres to the di..." that suffering and change adheres to the divinity of Christ: and [someone] does not preserve the doctrine of unity in the person of our Savior [as] perfect God and perfect man, let him be anathema" <br /><br />There are two realities that are being balanced continually in this confession: that Christ is both God and Man, two natures; that Christ is one Lord and God. The parrallism is being repeated in the quote above: the divinity of Christ is not the same nature as the humanity of Christ (ie. two natures after the union) but unity in Christ (one person) is an absolute. <br /><br />From what I have read, the Church of the East taught, together with the Orthodox Church, that the divine person of Jesus Christ, true God and true Man suffered on the cross and died and was resurrected. However, he does so in his human nature and not as divine nature but as one divine person--which is hinted in the Synod's statment of one subject in Christ, even on the Cross. In other words, the divine 'who' died on the cross but not the divine 'what'. East Meets East Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108169054055127493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745332211162821847.post-86498817843051475042012-09-22T20:59:20.165-07:002012-09-22T20:59:20.165-07:00"If a man thinks or teaches differently: that..."If a man thinks or teaches differently: that suffering and change adheres to the divinity of Christ...let him be anathema." Isn't this Nestorianism? Did not the God-man suffer scourging, crucifixion, and death, and not merely the man?Jon Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906335382429497204noreply@blogger.com