Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Mystery of the Incarnation

The great mystery of the Incarnation remains a mystery eternally.

Not only is what is not yet seen greater then what has been revealed--for it is revealed merely to the extent that those saved by it can grasp it--but also what is revealed still remains entirely hidden and is by no means known as it really is.

What I have said should not appear paradoxical. For God is beyond being and transcends all beyond-beingness; and so, when He wished to come down to the level of being, He became being in a manner which transcends being.

Thus, too, although transcending man, yet out of love for man He truly became man by taking on the substance of men; but the manner in which He became man always remains unrevealed, for He was made man in a way which transcends man.

St Maximos the Confessor


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