HE FALL FROM THE EDENIC STATE OR THE EPOS OF AN UNFILLED LONGING
HE FALL FROM THE EDENIC STATE OR THE EPOS OF AN UNFILLED LONGING
Author(s): Adrian CovanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: The Garden of Eden; Adam; devil; sin; Saviour; return;
Summary/Abstract: We learn from the texts of the Holy Scriptures and contemplations of the Holy Fathers that man was created in the image and likeness of God adorned with virtues. Resting in the Garden of Eden, the man's mind was set on contemplation of God, abounding in divine images. Dominated by the spirit, man was living in a particular state of joy and happiness. God shared him from His state of goodness, endowing him with all the spiritual and material sweetness. Man's fall into sin was a consequence of eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, tempted by the cunning devil disguised in primordial snake. The expel of Adam from heaven identifies with the process of humanity restoration the heavenly Father started at the gates of the biblical garden, promising to the first inhabitants of the earth to help them find the way back to their lost home, by sending in this world the Redeemer.
Journal: ICOANA CREDINTEI. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
- Issue Year: 7/2021
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 5-12
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English