The Incarnation and the Church Mysteries, Thomas Beshara.pdf (original) (raw)

The Church mysteries are the means of salvation that were instituted to continue the blessings of the Incarnation in order to be lived by the Church after the ascension of Christ into the heaven following His crucifixion, death and resurrection. The main goal of all mysteries is to continue the process of saving and healing the fallen human race until the second coming of Christ. This shows the relationship between the Incarnation and the mysteries of the Church since “in the Church, as in the Body of Christ, in its thean-thropic organism, the mystery of incarnation, the mystery of the "two natures," indissolubly united, is continually accomplished.” Therefore, the Church mysteries cannot be understood without clear understanding of the nature of our Lord Jesus i.e., His Christology. As the two natures of the Godhead and the manhood both exist in “One Enfleshed Person of God the Incarnate Logos,” similarly the Church mysteries bring together both the created and the uncreated in order to provide salvation to all believers who participate in them.

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