[Kolokotronis]

"... A new, and reformed world, where everyone loves God with all his heart and mind and soul and his neighbor as himself. We are actually capable of creating such a world if all of humanity truly loved God.

I respectfully disagree. The only possibility for all humanity to truly love God would be via God's direct intervention and decree. We would not be capable."

He did, FK. Its called the Incarnation. Well, its time that you read this:

http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/ath-inc.htm

This is a foundational work of Christianity by one of the greatest Fathers. Let me know what you think.

[Forest Keeper]

FK: "The only possibility for all humanity to truly love God would be via God's direct intervention and decree. We would not be capable."

He did, FK. Its called the Incarnation.

I assume you mean that God made it possible. I was thinking more along the results-oriented line and whether God actually decreed something. By the results, it appears not.

Thanks very much for the Athanasius link. I've bookmarked it for when time permits.