Monday, March 09, 2020

Eastern Christian Books: Deification Through the Cross

Eastern Christian Books: Deification Through the Cross

Eerdmans: Deification through the Cross: An Eastern Christian Theology of Salvation by Khaled Anatolios
Anatolios uses the phrase “doxological contrition” to suggest that the truth of salvation is found both in Jesus’s perfect glorification of God and in his representative repentance for humanity’s sinful rejection of its original calling to participate in the life of the Holy Trinity.

I personally don't see the need to combine Byzantine and Latin views of soteriology in this way but apparently Anatolios does.

1 comment:

Scott Watson said...

It is views like this he is trying to address and combat because his contention, rightly, is that East and West share the basic biblical narrative and symbols regarding sin but deploy them in unique ways. Check out his lecture: Salvation:A View from the Byzantine Liturgy on SoundCloud, which discussed this issue.