Origen on the for God's help

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"Live we must; and we are to do so in accordance with the word of God, so far as it is possible and as it is granted to us to live in accordance with it[...]" (Con. Cel. VIII,33)

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Hvad betyder det, at Gud bliver "alt i alt", når Kristus ifølge Paulus har underlagt sig alle sine fjender? Gregor af Nyssa om 1 Kor 15,28

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"Herren er Liv. Ifølge Apostlen vil Kristus forbinde sig med Faderen med hele sit legeme, når han engang overgiver riget til Gud. Kristi legeme består i sin helhed af menneskets natur, hvormed Kristus er forenet. Paulus kan af samme grund omtale Kristus som formidler mellem Gud og mennesker. Han, som er i Faderen, men som har levet blandt mennesker, træder frem mellem Gud og mennesker. Kristus forener hele menneskeheden med sig selv, og gennem sig selv med Faderen. Det kommer til udtryk i evangeliet, når Herren siger: ”Du, Fader, er i mig, og jeg er i dig, for at de må være ét i os”. Ifølge evangeliets løfter, er vi ikke længere Herrens slaver, men som forligt med Gud, regnes vi blandt hans venner. Ikke desto mindre skal Kristus herske ”indtil han har lagt alle sine fjender under sine fødder”. Den mest ærbødige måde at forstå det på må være, at Kristus tappert holder fast i magten indtil al modstand mod det gode hører op. Når han har samlet hele sit rige, vil Kristus overgive...
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"Every slightest objection bars, hinders, the course of the argument, and checks its progress."

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"Every slightest objection bars, hinders, the course of the argument, and checks its progress. It is like applying the reins suddenly to galloping horses, making them veer round with the surprise of the shock. So it was with Solomon, the superior of his predecessors and contemporaries in education, gifted by God with breadth of heart and an expanse of vision ampler than the sand. The more he entered into profundities, the more his mind reeled. He made it a goal of his wisdom to discover just how far off it was. (Gregory of Nazianzus, Or. 28,21)
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Gregory of Nyssa on the atonement

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"After we had thus freely sold ourselves to the deceiver, He who of His goodness sought to restore us to liberty could not, because He was just too, for this end have recourse to measures of arbitrary violence. It was necessary therefore that a ransom should be paid, which should exceed in value that which was to be ransomed; and hence it was necessary that the Son of God should surrender Himself to the power of death. God's justice then impelled Him to choose a method of exchange, as His wisdom was seen in executing it.” (Great Catechism)
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