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A word from Athanasius.
”In the fifty-fourth chapter of On the Incarnation, St. Athanasius wrote a sentence that has echoed down through the centuries even into our own time as a brilliant summary of the Gospel. He wrote this: ‘God became man so that man might become god‘ (54:3).”
That Man Might Become God — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
This sermon may be heard as a recording via Ancient Faith Radio here. Twelfth Sunday of Luke / Feast of Ss. Athanasius and Cyril, January 18, 2015 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Today is the feast of two great saints...
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Is that a “brilliant summary of the Gospel” that Jesus and the apostles preached?
“Part 1: The Profession of Faith (26-1065)
Section 2: The Profession of the Christian Faith (185-1065)
Chapter 2: I believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God (422-682)
Article 3: ‘He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and was born of the Virgin Mary’ (456-570)
Paragraph 1: The Son of God Became Man (456-483)
I. WHY DID THE WORD BECOME FLESH?
460 The Word became flesh to make us ‘partakers of the divine nature.‘78 ‘For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of Man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God.’79 ‘For the Son of God became man so that we might become God.’80 ‘The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us share in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods.’ 81
78. 2 Pet 1:4
79. St Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 3, 19, 1: PG 7/1, 939.
80. St. Athanasius, De inc. 54,3: PG 25, 192B.
81. St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusc. 57, 1-4.”
(Catechism of the Catholic Church)
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The link can be used to search the entire Catechism. I used it in this thread only to search for the quote by Athanasius.
Section 2: The Profession of the Christian Faith (185-1065)
Chapter 2: I believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God (422-682)
Article 3: ‘He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and was born of the Virgin Mary’ (456-570)
Paragraph 1: The Son of God Became Man (456-483)
I. WHY DID THE WORD BECOME FLESH?
460 The Word became flesh to make us ‘partakers of the divine nature.‘78 ‘For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of Man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God.’79 ‘For the Son of God became man so that we might become God.’80 ‘The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us share in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods.’ 81
78. 2 Pet 1:4
79. St Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 3, 19, 1: PG 7/1, 939.
80. St. Athanasius, De inc. 54,3: PG 25, 192B.
81. St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusc. 57, 1-4.”
(Catechism of the Catholic Church)
P.S.
The link can be used to search the entire Catechism. I used it in this thread only to search for the quote by Athanasius.
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