Have you read Maximus the Confessor? Much of Dimitru Staniloae's The Experience of God is like a modern commentary on Maximus. But Maximus' offers that cosmic vision of Christ and through Christ us reconciling all things. "The Logos, Very God, Wills at all times his incarnation in all things."
Yes, I’ve read some Maximus and have been exposed to him in various other ways, and love him! And you’re right, Fr Dimitru quotes him a lot. I’m really trying to read Fr Dimitru’s stuff thoroughly at the moment, but I plan on reading more Maximus for sure. Creation as incarnation is a fascinating idea.
“Christ is the measure of all persons and all things, and one must neither measure nor explain Christ by anything whatsoever or by anyone whatsoever, but only by Christ himself, who is the measure of all and the explanation of all.”
-- St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662)
"The greatest authors and instigators of evil are ignorance, self-love and tyranny. Each depends on the other two and is supported by them: from ignorance of God comes self-love, and from self-love comes tyranny over one's own kind. The devil establishes these in us when we misuse our own powers, namely our intelligence, our desire and our incensive power. "
– St. Maximus the Confessor
"For St Maximus the cosmic mystery of Jesus Christ is nothing less than the deification of the cosmos." (from a review of his "On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ" book on Amazon)
The modern world in designating man as the measure of all things has brought triviality and ruin to civilization, usurping the throne of Christ, and making life nothing more than meaningless consumerism. As technology increases, power increases but essence decreases.
"Unless science is controlled by a greater moral force, it will become the Antichrist prophesied by the early Christians."
-- Charles Lindbergh
The short-term pleasures of materialism without a metaphysical adventure (in Christ) leads to civilizational suicide as this life simply isn't worth it if this is all there is, you end up with the materialist pessimism of Schopenhauer, and as the "Underground Man" of Dostoyevsky.
God have mercy on us as we trust in His promises because we certainly cannot dig ourselves out of the hole we are in. It's why I like the icons showing Christ grabbing the arms of those He's saving, even when we feel we have lost grip His promises still hold true, the anchor to our souls is sure.
“Metaphysical adventure” is a great term, and one that has never occurred to me to use, but it’s really apt. A metaphysical adventure of transcendence into the life of Trinitarian communion!
Have you read Maximus the Confessor? Much of Dimitru Staniloae's The Experience of God is like a modern commentary on Maximus. But Maximus' offers that cosmic vision of Christ and through Christ us reconciling all things. "The Logos, Very God, Wills at all times his incarnation in all things."
Yes, I’ve read some Maximus and have been exposed to him in various other ways, and love him! And you’re right, Fr Dimitru quotes him a lot. I’m really trying to read Fr Dimitru’s stuff thoroughly at the moment, but I plan on reading more Maximus for sure. Creation as incarnation is a fascinating idea.
“Christ is the measure of all persons and all things, and one must neither measure nor explain Christ by anything whatsoever or by anyone whatsoever, but only by Christ himself, who is the measure of all and the explanation of all.”
-- St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662)
"The greatest authors and instigators of evil are ignorance, self-love and tyranny. Each depends on the other two and is supported by them: from ignorance of God comes self-love, and from self-love comes tyranny over one's own kind. The devil establishes these in us when we misuse our own powers, namely our intelligence, our desire and our incensive power. "
– St. Maximus the Confessor
"For St Maximus the cosmic mystery of Jesus Christ is nothing less than the deification of the cosmos." (from a review of his "On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ" book on Amazon)
The modern world in designating man as the measure of all things has brought triviality and ruin to civilization, usurping the throne of Christ, and making life nothing more than meaningless consumerism. As technology increases, power increases but essence decreases.
"Unless science is controlled by a greater moral force, it will become the Antichrist prophesied by the early Christians."
-- Charles Lindbergh
The short-term pleasures of materialism without a metaphysical adventure (in Christ) leads to civilizational suicide as this life simply isn't worth it if this is all there is, you end up with the materialist pessimism of Schopenhauer, and as the "Underground Man" of Dostoyevsky.
God have mercy on us as we trust in His promises because we certainly cannot dig ourselves out of the hole we are in. It's why I like the icons showing Christ grabbing the arms of those He's saving, even when we feel we have lost grip His promises still hold true, the anchor to our souls is sure.
“Metaphysical adventure” is a great term, and one that has never occurred to me to use, but it’s really apt. A metaphysical adventure of transcendence into the life of Trinitarian communion!