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Библијска естетика стварања и христологија православне литургије
The Biblical Aesthetics of Creation and the Christology of the Orthodox Liturgy

Original Sin and Liturgical Sanctification of Human Nature

Author(s): Miroslav Simijonović
Subject(s): Biblical studies, Pastoral Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Свети Архијерејски Синод
Keywords: Creator; Eden’s paradise; Adam and Eve; senses; original sin; obedience; embodiment; resurrection; communion with God; liturgy; Eucharist; Catholicity – universal assembly of the faithful

Summary/Abstract: This paper will discuss the mystery of God’s creation of the World. The beauty of Christian tradition is contemplated trough the Old Testament theology of original sin (ancestral sin) and New Testament Christology, which Christians experience in the church through their own senses. This blessing mystery of human salvation is revealed in the Liturgy and sacramental place – churches. The Divine Liturgy, throughout all the centuries, bears witness to the beauty of God’s presence among the people as deification, which people experience through the senses given from God.

  • Issue Year: LII/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 339-358
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian