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Category: Patristics

Origin of the Feast of Nativity

December 25, 2020 Maged M Leave a comment

This article analyzes the origin of the Feast of Nativity (Christmas) in the early Church. Based on the writing of…

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Posted in: Patristics Filed under: Christmas, Christmas History, Epiphany, Nativity, Origin of Christmas, Origin of the Feast of Nativity, Theophany

Is God “Essence and Energies”?

August 4, 2020 Maged M 1 Comment

As a result of the teachings of Gregory Palamas, the Eastern Orthodox teach that in God, there is a real…

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Posted in: Essence and Energies, Gregory Palamas, Holy Spirit, Patristics Filed under: Energies, Essence and Energies, Gregory Palamas, Holy Spirit, Kallistos Ware, Palamas, Tabor, Transfiguration, Uncreated light

He Took What is Ours and Gave Us What is His

January 25, 2020 Maged M 8 Comments

Jeremiah 33:16 ‘In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation Filed under: Church Fathers, Great Exchange, Justification, Penal Substitution, Theories of atonement

Additional Quotes by the Fathers on the Fall and Redemption

January 17, 2020 Maged M 2 Comments

St. Basil the Great St. Basil – Exegetic Homilies, Homily on Psalm 48 Every captive has need of ransoms for…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation Filed under: atonement, Christus Victor, Cyril of Alexandria, Mercy and Justice, Penal Substitution, Penal Substitution and Church Fathers, Theories of atonement

Isaac the Syrian

June 30, 2019 Maged M Leave a comment

Isaac the Syrian (Nestorian) Isaac the Syrian is acknowledged for his ascetic writings. However, not only was he ordained bishop…

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Posted in: Patristics Filed under: Christology, Isaac of Nineveh, Isaac of Syria, Isaac the Syrian, Nestorian

H.H. Pope Shenouda on Atonement

September 7, 2018 Maged M Leave a comment

If Christ did not bear the punishment for us, what is the meaning of redemption then?! If there was no…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation Filed under: atonement, Christus Victor, Incarnation of the Word, Mercy and Justice, Penal Substitution and Church Fathers, Penal Substitution and Coptic Church, Theories of atonement

Atonement in “On the Incarnation of the Word”

July 30, 2018 Maged M 2 Comments

Some argue that St. Athanasius never explained redemption in terms of satisfaction of a “debt”, but only of God’s healing…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation Filed under: On the Incarnation of the Word, Penal Substitution, Penal Substitution and Church Fathers, St. Athanasius, Substitutionary Atonement, Theories of atonement

View of Atonement in the Coptic Orthodox Church

April 19, 2018 Maged M Leave a comment

Note: This is not a comprehensive explanation of the doctrine of salvation in the Coptic Church, but is a sample…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation

Questions & Answers on Atonement

March 5, 2018 Maged M 1 Comment

The God of the Old Testament is the same God of the New. To deny God’s condemnation for sin and…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation Filed under: atonement, Christus Victor, Christus Victor vs. Penal Substitution, Church Fathers, Mercy and Justice, Orthodox Atonement, Penal Substitution, Penal Substitution and Church Fathers, Substitutionary Atonement, Theories of atonement

Atonement in the Early Church (Athanasius & Cyril of Alexandria)

December 26, 2017 Maged M 2 Comments

Christus Victor is a new model of atonement that some argue dates back to the early church. The model emphasizes…

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Posted in: Patristics, Salvation

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