That the “Christusanrede” in the liturgy of St. Gregory functions as a way to portray anti-Arian theology is confirmed by other elements of the text. One interesting example of this is in the final prayer of the liturgy, the Εὐχὴ τῆς κεφαλοκλισίας.
Nascent Christianity dealt with a number of growing pains, especially in how to express the relationship of the persons of the Trinity to one another. The difficulty in expressing this resulted in a number of major theological controversies, collectively known as the Christological controversies.
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T he Diet of Worms in 1122 brought a rather turbulent chapter in Europe’s history to a close. For nearly fifty years the question of where the authority of a bishop derives from, whether it comes from the pope or the emperor, had been the cause of civil war, excommunication and strongly worded…
Civil War?
I n August of 2017, Jesse Walker wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times entitled: Are we Headed for a Second Civil War?[1] This article discusses warnings by conservatives and liberals alike that such an event could occur, some even giving a new civil war a thirty percent likelihood. Other columnists…