Thank you for this. I never quite know how to teach Chalcedon now it’s become so evident that the Miaphysite tradition has such a clear claim to integrity. And yet, well respected Orthodox and Catholic theologians still routinely dismiss any non-Chalcedonian church as tangential. My question: Do mysticism and Chalcedonian claims mix? Maximus the Confessor would surely insist as much!
I think it comes back to the question of whether or not there truly is as great a gulf between the two (in fact, three) post-Chalcedonian traditions as former generations tended to think.
Thinking about what your brother has said with regards to Christology (with the distinction between the divine and human 'natures' being one of modality), perhaps one could say that Alexandrian Christology speaks to the true unity and compatibility of the truly human and truly Divine in Christ (for, being truly God, He is truly human), while Antiochian Christology speaks to the modal distinction (there is nevertheless no 'collapse' of the finite into the Infinite nor a diminishment or destruction of the Infinite, Heaven forbid). Chalcedonian Christianity would then just be speaking of both realities in its Definition.
Pentecostalism/evangelical Christianity is on the rise in Ethiopia, to my knowledge, with anywhere between 10–18% of the population confessing such beliefs (compared to ~40% being Ethiopian Orthodox).
thanks for bring attention to the rich tradition
Thank you for this. I never quite know how to teach Chalcedon now it’s become so evident that the Miaphysite tradition has such a clear claim to integrity. And yet, well respected Orthodox and Catholic theologians still routinely dismiss any non-Chalcedonian church as tangential. My question: Do mysticism and Chalcedonian claims mix? Maximus the Confessor would surely insist as much!
I think it comes back to the question of whether or not there truly is as great a gulf between the two (in fact, three) post-Chalcedonian traditions as former generations tended to think.
Thinking about what your brother has said with regards to Christology (with the distinction between the divine and human 'natures' being one of modality), perhaps one could say that Alexandrian Christology speaks to the true unity and compatibility of the truly human and truly Divine in Christ (for, being truly God, He is truly human), while Antiochian Christology speaks to the modal distinction (there is nevertheless no 'collapse' of the finite into the Infinite nor a diminishment or destruction of the Infinite, Heaven forbid). Chalcedonian Christianity would then just be speaking of both realities in its Definition.
Pentecostalism/evangelical Christianity is on the rise in Ethiopia, to my knowledge, with anywhere between 10–18% of the population confessing such beliefs (compared to ~40% being Ethiopian Orthodox).
If I were to say what I think about that, it wouldn't be edifying.