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To: Forest Keeper; kosta50; annalex; Campion; AlbionGirl

"Next to Him, we are bugs, beloved bugs, but bugs."

No we're not. We are, as the Fathers say, a marvel of the angels. But there is no comparison between us as finite created beings and our ineffable and transcendant Triune God. This is no denial of the fact that Adam and Eve were created in the image and likeness of God. Even after the Fall, they retained the image of God, but lost His "likeness". Through the Incarnation we are again able to attain theosis, which is the fullness of the "likeness" of God wherein we share in God's uncreated energies, though not, of course in His essence.


110 posted on 01/02/2006 5:49:36 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
No we're not. We are, as the Fathers say, a marvel of the angels.

I know. I only meant in comparison to His power and greatness. Also, thanks for the link in #107. I will take a look at it.

121 posted on 01/02/2006 6:15:52 PM PST by Forest Keeper
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To: Kolokotronis; Forest Keeper; Campion
Forest: "Next to Him, we are bugs, beloved bugs, but bugs."

Kolokotronis: No we're not. We are, as the Fathers say, a marvel of the angels.

This is just a question, not intended to be derogatory in any way, but why did you cite to the Fathers as authority when you could have just as easily cited to Psalm 8?

Carry on...

142 posted on 01/02/2006 8:41:07 PM PST by jude24 ("Thy law is written on the hearts of men, which iniquity itself effaces not." - St. Augustine)
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