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On the Incarnation
by Athanasius of Alexandria, C.S. Lewis , Sister Penelope Lawson
by Athanasius of Alexandria, C.S. Lewis , Sister Penelope Lawson
Sarah Gutierrez's review
bookshelves: favorites, theology, patristics
Jan 22, 2012
bookshelves: favorites, theology, patristics
Recommended for:
Every Christian
Read on January 22, 2012
I cannot speak highly enough of this great work on the Incarnation of Christ. The doctrine and the mystery of Word become flesh, God become man, and Creator taking the form of His creation to restore it unto Himself is presented by Athanasius in a form that is short, direct, and overflowing with insight conveyed in simple language.
"Now, Macarius, true lover of Christ, we must take a step further in the faith of our holy religion, and consider also the Word's becoming Man and His divine Appearing in our midst. That mystery the Jews traduce, the Greeks deride, but we adore; and your own love and devotion to the Word also will be the greater, because in His Manhood He seems so little worth. For it is a fact that the more unbelievers pour scorn on Him, so much the more does He make His Godhead evident. The things which they, as men, rule out as impossible, He plainly shows to be possible; that which they deride as unfitting, His goodness makes most fit; and things which these wiseacres laugh at as "human" He by His inherent might declares divine. Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God."
Every Christian should read it at least once--and in my opinion, it should be dipped into again...and again...and again.
Read online at: http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history...
"Now, Macarius, true lover of Christ, we must take a step further in the faith of our holy religion, and consider also the Word's becoming Man and His divine Appearing in our midst. That mystery the Jews traduce, the Greeks deride, but we adore; and your own love and devotion to the Word also will be the greater, because in His Manhood He seems so little worth. For it is a fact that the more unbelievers pour scorn on Him, so much the more does He make His Godhead evident. The things which they, as men, rule out as impossible, He plainly shows to be possible; that which they deride as unfitting, His goodness makes most fit; and things which these wiseacres laugh at as "human" He by His inherent might declares divine. Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God."
Every Christian should read it at least once--and in my opinion, it should be dipped into again...and again...and again.
Read online at: http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history...
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