The First-Created Man: Seven Homilies by St. Symeon the New Theologian - Softcover

9780938635116: The First-Created Man: Seven Homilies by St. Symeon the New Theologian

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ISBN 10: 0938635115 ISBN 13: 9780938635116

Verlag: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1994

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The First Created Man is a collection of seven homilies which deal with Adam s fall and our redemption by Jesus Christ. A knowledge of the beginning and end of all things is essential for us to understand the purpose of our existence here on this earth, and what lies beyond it. For a true interpretation of the first and last things, we must turn to those teachers who beheld the beginning and end in a state of divine vision. Among these great seers was St. Symeon the New Theologian (949 1022): he speaks of the mysteries of the beginning and end precisely because he has seen them. St. Symeon s profound homilies on Adam and the future age give the theological foundation for the Christian life of struggle. The original state of man from which Adam fell tells of our deepest nature, of which our present fallen nature is a corruption that is to be overcome; and the future state of blessedness is the goal to which our Christian struggle is aimed, and to which we can attain, by God s grace, despite our fallen state. These homilies of St. Symeon have been selected, translated, and introduced by Fr. Seraphim Rose with the aim of reconnecting modern man with the ancient understanding of the true purpose of life.

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Verlag: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood
Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0938635115
ISBN 13: 9780938635116
Einband: Taschenbuch
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The First-Created Man: Seven Homilies by St. Symeon the New Theologian

Symeon the New Theologian

Verlag: Saint Herman Press June 1994, 1994

ISBN 10: 0938635115 ISBN 13: 9780938635116

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Paper Back. Zustand: New. The sermons presented here review salvation history, with emphasis on the sin of Adam and its consequences. A section of special interest is Symeon's interpretation, original with him it seems, of the immediate aftermath of the disobedient eating of the fruit: Adam, had he repented of his disobedience and confessed his sin, could have remained in Paradise. He was cast out only after his continued recalcitrance, his blaming of Eve. Likewise with Eve, and her blaming of the serpent. One could easily extend this theme of the efficacy of sorrow for sin and repentance in St. Symeon's spirituality, even to confession and repentance as a renewal of baptism, which is itself a type of return to Paradise. A fascinating glimpse at an original exegesis within a traditional framework. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 236125

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