“Death has lost its power over all.” Athanasius on the union of Christ with humankind

jasTheologyAthanasius, union with Christ

For Athanasius, the divinity of Christ was crucial for the salvation of humanity. By receiving a human body, Christ, the eternal Word of God, bestowed the gift of his divinity upon our humanity, says Athanasius. “by virtue of the Word’s indwelling in a single human body, the corruption which goes with death has lost its power over all.””

Athanasius on eternal election

jasTheologyAthanasius, election

Nor in any other way was it fitting that our life should be founded, but in the Lord who is before the ages, and through whom the ages were brought to be; that, since it was in Him, we too might be able to inherit that everlasting life.

Mercy Upon All

"For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all." (Rom. 11:32)

Tag Archives: Athanasius

“Death has lost its power over all.” Athanasius on the union of Christ with humankind

Athanasius on eternal election

“As open as the outstretched arms of Christ on the cross” – Jürgen Moltmann on The Lord’s Supper

Hans Denck and yieldedness as the solution to the problem of the (un)free will

David Burnfield: Patristic Universalism – An Alternative to the Traditional View of Divine Judgment

A “great kindness to Man”: Death as divine gift according to Patristic theologies

Elhanan Winchester (1751-1797)