Alexandrian -Soteriology is theosis: becoming divine. The Logos of Christ divinized humanity (notes) -Enamored with the Eastern deification view of the process and ultimate goal of salvation -emphasized the necessity of intimate unity of divine and human in Christ such that human nature can be transformed by the divine -emphasis on God’s transcendence (otherness) and especially his immutability and impassibility required that this union of divinity and humanity not infect the divine nature with corruptions of creaturliness. -More metaphysical Antiochene -Jesus wins our salvation because of his perfect life (notes) -Agreed with Alexandrian Christology in deification and divinization -Both rejected a “metamorphosis” of human to divine or divine to human -More concerned with human role in salvation -While Alexandrians affirmed the human person needs to receive God’s healing power through the sacraments by free choice, the Antiochenes drew that all-important role of free choice in salvation back to the incarnation. The humanity of Jesus had to have free moral agency in order to achieve salvation for us. -More moral-ethical -BV
The references here were taken out of The Story of Christian Theology Roger Olson p204, 205 make sure you quote your sources especially when it is word for word BV
That's a fair point, but you have to remember that this section was created only as a study guide, not as a way to carry on an academic conversation with proper formatting. -CL
-Soteriology is theosis: becoming divine. The Logos of Christ divinized humanity
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-Jesus wins our salvation because of his perfect life
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Alexandrian
ReplyDelete-Soteriology is theosis: becoming divine. The Logos of Christ divinized humanity (notes)
-Enamored with the Eastern deification view of the process and ultimate goal of salvation
-emphasized the necessity of intimate unity of divine and human in Christ such that human nature can be transformed by the divine
-emphasis on God’s transcendence (otherness) and especially his immutability and impassibility required that this union of divinity and humanity not infect the divine nature with corruptions of creaturliness.
-More metaphysical
Antiochene
-Jesus wins our salvation because of his perfect life (notes)
-Agreed with Alexandrian Christology in deification and divinization
-Both rejected a “metamorphosis” of human to divine or divine to human
-More concerned with human role in salvation
-While Alexandrians affirmed the human person needs to receive God’s healing power through the sacraments by free choice, the Antiochenes drew that all-important role of free choice in salvation back to the incarnation. The humanity of Jesus had to have free moral agency in order to achieve salvation for us.
-More moral-ethical
-BV
The references here were taken out of The Story of Christian Theology Roger Olson p204, 205
ReplyDeletemake sure you quote your sources especially when it is word for word BV
That's a fair point, but you have to remember that this section was created only as a study guide, not as a way to carry on an academic conversation with proper formatting. -CL
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