Ancient
Christ
Who is Jesus Christ according to Holy Tradition?
Not a list of facts to memorize, but a path into the life of the Holy Trinity. This catechism follows the way of the Holy Fathers — from what God is, through what God did, to how we enter and live in that reality.
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A complete Orthodox catechesis — from the nature of God to the life of prayer.
"God became man that man might become god."
— St. Athanasius of Alexandria
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— Patristic tradition
ὁ Ὢν — The One Who Is
St. Athanasius
of Alexandria
c. 296 – 373 AD · Bishop of Alexandria
"Athanasius contra mundum." Champion of Nicene orthodoxy, five times exiled. His formula — "God became man that man might become God" — defines the entire soteriological vision of the Orthodox Church.
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