On the Human Condition: St. Basil the Great 133404 "If we wish to understand

"If we wish to understand the sayings of the Fathers

an alternative to the "liberal critical approach to the bible" or to an excessively fundamentalist approach

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and the delineation of religious boundaries within the context of Coptic Orthodoxy

On the Human Condition: St. Basil the Great 133404 "If we wish to understand"Sugg. Donation" This valuable work brings together major themes in Greek Patristic anthropology the image of God in the human being, the Fall from Paradise, and the human condition in the present life and in the age to come. St. Basil the Great addresses the questions posed by the human condition with characteristic clarity, balance, and sobriety. Translated into English for the first time are two discourses on the creation of humanity and a homily