The Atemporal Plan for Union with God: Father Matta Al-Miskīn against the Backdrop of His Alexandrian Predecessors
The present paper explores contemporary desert father Matta Al-Miskīn’s views on humankind’s union with God within the Paradise–Fall–Salvation schema against the backdrop of his Alexandrian Patristic forebears. He understood humankind’s paradisal perfection as an orientation towards God and access t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Religions
Year: 2025, Volume: 16, Issue: 2 |
| Further subjects: | B
Deification
B union with God B Matta al-Miskīn B Alexandrian predecessors B divine life B atemporal plan B divine participation |
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| Summary: | The present paper explores contemporary desert father Matta Al-Miskīn’s views on humankind’s union with God within the Paradise–Fall–Salvation schema against the backdrop of his Alexandrian Patristic forebears. He understood humankind’s paradisal perfection as an orientation towards God and access to the divine life. Through the Incarnation, Christ reclaimed humanity’s access to the divine life. Based on Matta’s Commentary on the Gospel of John, this paper shows that the Paradise–Fall–Salvation continuum confirms his assertion that humankind’s union with God is the goal of Creation. The paper also demonstrates that Matta’s vocabulary points to the fundamental difference between being God by nature and being God by adoption, with the latter state to be fully attained in eternity. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel16020165 |
