
The Image of God in the Writings of the Apostolic Fathers | Fr. Taras Khomych
The Thomistic Institute
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The Meaning of the Greek Word Hérakter
The word Hérakter appears in a passage from the letter to the Magnesians and again you can find quotation to Magnesians on your handout I will read it now. In this passage the Greek term Hérakter is translated as a stump explaining this passage one of the scholars' bookers suggests that the phrase the stump of God refers here to the participation in the suffering of Jesus Christ. This explanation of the phrase is based on the concluding clause of this passage which refers to Christ's death and suffering relating it to individual Christian. As such the meaning of the term Hé Rakter carries strong eschatological and Christological connotation.
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