ضد الذين يتصورون أن لله هيئة بشرية

by Cyril of Alexandria, جورج عوض ابراهيم (Translator )

يزعم البعض -بدون فهم- من أولئك الذين يبحثون في مفهوم خلق الانسان بحسب صورة الله أن التشابه بين الانسان والله هو تشابه يخص فقط الصورة الجسدية والشكل الذي نراه وليس شيئاً آخر.
وبحسب رأيي يجب أن أجيبهم بأنهم قد ضلوا وإن عقلهم فقد الشوق والمحبة للحق.
فبينما يعلم المخلص بكل وضوح أن الله روح نجد أولئك ينسبون ملامح جسدية للطبيعة الإلهية. وشكلاً مماثلاً للشكل الذي لدينا. وبالتالي لا يُدرَك الله ذاته بعد كروح بل كجسد طالما كانت الأشكال تصاحب الأجساد لكن لأن الله هو روح ورائع الجمال فهو أسمى من كل هيئة ومثال وشكل يمكن أن يوصف.
القديس كيرلس السكندري

Genres: Christian

119 pages, Unknown Binding

About the author

Cyril of Alexandria (Greek: Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; c. 376 – 444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412. to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries. He was a central figure in the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Cyril is counted among the Church Fathers and the Doctors of the Church, and his reputation within the Christian world has resulted in his titles Pillar of Faith and Seal of all the Fathers, but Theodosius II, the Roman Emperor, condemned him for behaving like a "proud pharaoh", and the Nestorian bishops at the Council of Ephesus declared him a heretic, labelling him as a "monster, born and educated for the destruction of the church."

Cyril is well-known due to his dispute with Nestorius and his supporter Patriarch John of Antioch, whom Cyril excluded from the Council of Ephesus for arriving late. He is also known for his expulsion of Novatians and Jews from Alexandria.

The Roman Catholic Church did not commemorate Saint Cyril in the Tridentine Calendar: it added his feast only in 1882, assigning to it the date of 9 February. The 1969 revision moved it to 27 June, considered to be the day of the saint's death, as celebrated by the Coptic Orthodox Church. The same date has been chosen for the Lutheran calendar. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Church celebrate his feast day on 9 June and also, together with Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria, on 18 January.

Reviews

[Karim Farid · Rating 5 out of 5]

ترجمة جميلة وأعتقد أنها دقيقة جداً أيضاً.
الحواشي المُزَوَدة بها هذه النسخة مليئة بالاستفادة والشرح.
الكتاب في ذاته عميق وسلس وجميل كل الجمال.