Twelve Topics
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The one God in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The mystery that grounds all Orthodox theology.
The eternal Son of God taking human flesh in the womb of the Virgin. The central event of all history.
The Chalcedonian definition: Christ is fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures.
The Virgin Mary as God-bearer. Why this title is a Christological statement, not merely a Marian one.
Christ trampling down death by death. The Orthodox theology of the Cross and the empty tomb.
The glorification of human nature in heaven and the sending of the Holy Spirit.
The Church as the living Body of Christ, not an institution but an organism of salvation.
The seven sacraments as the means by which the life of Christ is communicated to His Body.
The goal of the Christian life: participation in the divine nature by grace.
How the Orthodox Church receives and transmits the revelation of God in Christ.
How the Christian life is ordered toward theosis — prayer, fasting, and the commandments.
The last things: death, the particular judgment, the resurrection, and the Kingdom of God.