The Lamb of God
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
What is our participation in the divine humanity? In explaining this important doctrine, Sergius Bulgakov begins by surveying the field of Christology with special reference to the divine humanity. He considers the role of the Divine Sophia, examines the foundations of the Incarnation, explores the nature of Christ’s divine consciousness, and ponders Christ’s ministries while on earth. A profound discussion of Christ’s kenosis as a model for humanity rounds out this comprehensive and valuable study. The Lamb of God is one of the greatest works of Christology in the twentieth century and a crowning achievement in the examination of the theology of divine humanity.
Top Highlights
“Through his spirit, man communes with the divine essence and is capable of being deified” (Page ix)
“Maximus gives a series of scholastic definitions of will and volition.” (Page 76)
“Maximus denies that Christ possesses this gnomic, reasoning will, and he attributes to Christ’s humanity only a natural, instinctively linear, and infallible will, affirming at the same time that it is free.” (Pages 78–79)
“Without this source, without potentiality that can become and ceaselessly becomes actuality, natura naturata, entering the consciousness, the personal spirit would be empty, devoid of content.” (Page 90)
“Maximus attributed volition to all natural being, and a fortiori to divine being. But he did not clarify this important element of the doctrine, and it can lead to misunderstandings.” (Pages 77–78)