1. The Lord’s body that is on the altar is the body born by the Holy Virgin Mary, the body that was crucified, buried and risen, that ascended into heaven and sat on the right hand of the Father. As for the Lord’s body, meaning the Church, it refers to the whole congregation of believers …
The death of the Lord Christ means the separation of His spirit from His body, not the separation of His divinity from His humanity. Death belongs to the body – to humanity alone. It is a separation between the two elements of humanity, i.e. the spirit and the body. This does not mean that divinity …
God cannot die. The divinity cannot undergo death. Thus, we say in the Trisagion, “Holy is God, Holy is the Powerful , Holy is the Living and Immortal.” However, the Lord Christ is not only Godhead, but He is united with a human body. He took on Himself a body of our human nature and …
It is true that the Blood of Christ is for all people and we should be confident of the sufficiency of His Blood: for He gave us redemption sufficient for the forgiveness of the sins of all people in all generations, but…..the words “Our attitude towards the Lord Christ is not important” are completely wrong …
The Lord Christ saved us from spiritual and moral death. With regard to spiritual death which is separation from God, the apostle tells us, “We were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.” (Rom 5:10). As for moral death, the Lord delivered us from it restoring us to our first rank. He gave …
