https://sachurch.org/wp-content/uploads ... Sardis.pdfFor he was born a son, and led as a lamb, and slaughtered as a sheep, and buried as a man,
and rose from the dead as God, being God by his nature and a man.
He is all things.
He is law, in that he judges.
He is word, in that he teaches.
He is grace, in that he saves.
He is father, in that he begets.
He is son, in that he is begotten.
He is sheep, in that he suffers.
He is human, in that he is buried.
He is God, in that he is raised up.
This is Jesus the Christ,
to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Melito called Jesus the Father. What are some other strange Christologies found in the Church Fathers?
Melito called Jesus the Father. What are some other strange Christologies found in the Church Fathers?
In On Pascha 8-9 Melito writes
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Re: Melito called Jesus the Father. What are some other strange Christologies found in the Church Fathers?
The Gospel of Truth calls God the Father-Mother as a fundamental aspect of its theology.
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There is the "Arian Christology" reported on the earliest Nicene Creed:
There was time when He was not.
Before He was born He was not.
He was made out of nothing existing.
He is/was from another subsistence/substance.
He is subject to alteration or change.
Before He was born He was not.
He was made out of nothing existing.
He is/was from another subsistence/substance.
He is subject to alteration or change.
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Re: Melito called Jesus the Father. What are some other strange Christologies found in the Church Fathers?
the Shepherd of Hermas is in the strange Christology business, just call his toll free number
"6[59]:5 The Holy Pre-existent Spirit. Which created the whole creation, God made to dwell in flesh that He desired. This flesh, therefore, in which the Holy Spirit dwelt, was subject unto the Spirit, walking honorably in holiness and purity, without in any way defiling the Spirit.
6[59]:6 When then it had lived honorably in chastity, and had labored with the Spirit, and had cooperated with it in everything, behaving itself boldly and bravely, He chose it as a partner with the Holy Spirit; for the career of this flesh pleased [the Lord], seeing that, as possessing the Holy Spirit, it was not defiled upon the earth.
6[59]:7 He therefore took the son as adviser and the glorious angels also, that this flesh too, having served the Spirit unblamably, might have some place of sojourn, and might not seem to hare lost the reward for its service; for all flesh, which is found undefiled and unspotted, wherein the Holy Spirit dwelt, shall receive a reward."