教會神化論應該擯棄!——擯棄亞他那修
亞氏名言:神成為人,為使人成為神
(即“神化”,英文Deification、希臘文Theosis)
今天傳統基督教相信的《亞他拿修信經》,相傳出自他的手筆。
他因自己多次的放逐經驗,著《安東尼傳》,對基督徒的修道主義有深遠影響。
他在《致馬爾克路書》中藉(詩篇)“找到自己的生活經驗和感情影子”成為個人靈修生活的見證。
他在《道成肉身》,以“基督成為人,為教我們得成聖”為他基本觀點,並對“三位一體”教義,貢獻良多。
下面是亞他那修陳述的“神化”
the Word was made flesh, not only to offer up this body for all, but that we partaking of his Spirit, might be deified, a gift which we could not otherwise have gained than by his clothing himself in our created body; for hence we derive our name of 'man of God' and 'man of Christ'. And as we by receiving the Spirit, do not lose our own proper substance, so the Lord when made man for us, and bearing a body, was no less God; for he was not lessened by the envelopment of the body, but rather deified it and rendered it immortal.
“道成肉身”(約翰1:14)的目的乃是要叫他為所有的人所獻(為祭),好叫我們這些領受祂(聖)靈(Spirit)的人能夠被神化(divinized)。除非藉由祂穿上我們受造的身體,我們無法得到這個恩典。所以,我們得以被稱為“(屬)神的子民”和“在基督里的人”。正如我們接受(聖)靈(Spirit)的人,並沒有失去我們本身的性質(idian ousian,指人性),所以主為了我們的緣故成為一個人,披上了一個身體,並不比神(God,大寫,獨一的真神)小一樣。祂(He, 大寫,指神的兒子)並不因為被身體遮藏而降卑,反而使它神化(deified)並使它不朽。
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