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The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex

Christopher Veniamin

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Description:This study is a demonstration, based on the Bible and the Church Fathers, of how Christology is the basis of anthropology."Coming into contact with Father Sophrony was always an event of a most especial kind. His monastics, first and foremost, but also those who made up his wider spiritual family, “lived”, as Father Zacharias put it, “in an abundance of the word of God”."As a young boy, I had the blessing of serving each Sunday in the altar of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex, England. One day when I was still a lad of only fifteen or sixteen years of age, following the Divine Liturgy, and whilst standing in the Prothesis of All Saints Church, Father Sophrony asked me why I was looking so thoughtful. Embarrassed that I was preoccupied with such mundane matters, I had to confess that school examinations were on the horizon, and that I wanted to do well in them. To my surprise, however, Father Sophrony did not belittle my worldly anxiety, but gently nodded his head, and agreed that it was indeed important to do well in examinations, and that to do so required much toil and sacrifice. But then he also added, as though to a friend, that “in this world there is nothing more difficult than to be saved”.The force of the truth of these words struck deep in my heart. We often encounter, in ourselves and in others, the attitude which suggests that Salvation is something that we can leave until later; once, that is, we have taken care of more pressing matters. Father Sophrony’s perspective was quite different, however. By pointing to the incomparable difficulty of attaining to Salvation, he was clearly placing it at the very top of our list of urgent priorities. And when one pauses to consider all the great achievements of mankind, past and present, whether they be of a scientific or literary character, in the world of politics or finance or physical endeavour, Father Sophrony’s words seem bold and even provocative - “a hard saying” (John 6:60) - but nevertheless fundamentally quite true.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex. To get started finding The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Mount Thabor Publishing

Release: 2013

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Description: This study is a demonstration, based on the Bible and the Church Fathers, of how Christology is the basis of anthropology."Coming into contact with Father Sophrony was always an event of a most especial kind. His monastics, first and foremost, but also those who made up his wider spiritual family, “lived”, as Father Zacharias put it, “in an abundance of the word of God”."As a young boy, I had the blessing of serving each Sunday in the altar of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex, England. One day when I was still a lad of only fifteen or sixteen years of age, following the Divine Liturgy, and whilst standing in the Prothesis of All Saints Church, Father Sophrony asked me why I was looking so thoughtful. Embarrassed that I was preoccupied with such mundane matters, I had to confess that school examinations were on the horizon, and that I wanted to do well in them. To my surprise, however, Father Sophrony did not belittle my worldly anxiety, but gently nodded his head, and agreed that it was indeed important to do well in examinations, and that to do so required much toil and sacrifice. But then he also added, as though to a friend, that “in this world there is nothing more difficult than to be saved”.The force of the truth of these words struck deep in my heart. We often encounter, in ourselves and in others, the attitude which suggests that Salvation is something that we can leave until later; once, that is, we have taken care of more pressing matters. Father Sophrony’s perspective was quite different, however. By pointing to the incomparable difficulty of attaining to Salvation, he was clearly placing it at the very top of our list of urgent priorities. And when one pauses to consider all the great achievements of mankind, past and present, whether they be of a scientific or literary character, in the world of politics or finance or physical endeavour, Father Sophrony’s words seem bold and even provocative - “a hard saying” (John 6:60) - but nevertheless fundamentally quite true.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex. To get started finding The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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