Claiming Our Share in His Divinity

The saying “Know yourself” means therefore that we should recognize and acknowledge in ourselves the God who made us in his own image, for if we do this, we in turn will be recognized and acknowledged by our Maker. So…

The True Image Defeats Legion – A Sermon on Luke 8:26-39

“Jesus then asked him, ‘What is your name?’ He said, ‘Legion;’ for many demons had entered him.” (From Luke 8:26-39, Proper 7C) He called himself Legion but that is not his true name. That is not who he is. It…

Artisans of the Likeness of God – The Feast of St. Basil the Great

"'Let us make the human being according to our image and according to our likeness' [Gen. 1:26]. By our creation we have the first, and by our free choice we build the second. In our initial structure co-originates and exists…

St. Maximus on Image and Likeness

The first objective of God was for the human being to come to be “according to the image and likeness of God,” and what is “according to the image” is incorruption, immortality, invisibility, which image the divine: and he has…

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