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501 Text|               source and the absolute sovereign of one's own self! The Latin
502 Text|              this world. We shall not speak here of the angels. They
503 Text|     Throughout His earthly life, when speaking either to His disciples
504 Text|         presupposition that the human species came as a final stage of
505 Text|               the meaning of "person" specifically. The notion of person, which
506 Text|             well-known theory of the "spermatic word" used by the apologists
507 Text|              in theology, "liturgical spirits sent to minister".~Let us
508 Text|               constitute in Christian spirituality two parallel forms of expression
509 Text|                or as if they were not spoken for us also. Given that
510 Text|            Logos - "Iogoi" of being, "spread" throughout creation, in
511 Text|               species came as a final stage of creation - as the Book
512 Text|            Word Himself who, from the standpoint of His unprecedented "self-emptying",
513 Text|      perjurers. They are themselves a stark contradiction in terms,
514 Text|         sacredness, has as its unique starting point and source the power
515 Text|      idolisation" of the power of the State: "we must obey God rather
516 Text|         represented, He categorically stated the radical difference between
517 Text|          Apostle Paul is not alone in stating "let every soul be subject
518     | Still
519 Text|            stating "let every soul be subject to the governing authorities" (
520 Text|          world, as well as during the subsequent phases of the divine economy -
521 Text|            are not additions that are subsequently or externally made. They
522 Text|             of God" was necessary and substantial for the exercise of worldly
523 Text|             will no doubt continue to suffer to the end of time at the
524 Text|              Given that humankind has suffered much, is suffering and will
525 Text|            dishonour. This is what is sung in Church through the well-known
526 Text|          reality, as it signifies the supreme "commander".~Following the
527 Text|    significance of which no one would suspect initially, is literally
528 Text|            their arbitrary decisions "syn-tactical actions". This is why the
529 Text|             history reveals, through "synergy", the ultimate triumph of
530 Text|         pre-exists" before the world.~T his previously unheard of
531 Text|            the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor (Mat. 17:2-9) occurred,
532 Text|              the power of "authority" takes, commencing from God (its
533     | taking
534 Text|            who became man in order to teach "utter humility" to the "
535 Text|          proceeds").~Yet Christianity teaches that, while God is One and
536 Text|         transfers" His authority even temporarily, being "all-seeing", to
537 Text|               The word bearer clearly testifies to the fact that the individual
538     | themselves
539     | then
540 Text|             the Father, the Christian theocracy lived out in Byzantium had
541 Text|            silence" of St Gregory the Theologian are applicable.~Still, we
542 Text|           being thoroughly consistent theologically, explains that this occurred
543 Text|           verses 1-8). The well-known theory of the "spermatic word"
544     | thereby
545 Text|              is "to gather in one all things in Christ, both which are
546 Text|      hymnography of the Church, being thoroughly consistent theologically,
547     | though
548 Text|           which all human actions and thoughts are evaluated and judged.
549 Text|  characteristic words to Pilate, when threatening him, as an instrument of
550 Text|            cease to be "unchanging", "timeless" and "above time", yet the
551 Text|               we inserted beneath the title of this article is unlike
552 Text|          given, in highly doxological tones of gratitude to God the
553 Text|              we certainly have enough tools to assist us in the interpretation
554 Text|              which the Septuagint has translated as "I am the one who is" (
555 Text|          wrote that "they believe and tremble" (James 2:19).~Within this
556 Text|       sometimes scandalised those who tried to "judge" Him or "measure"
557 Text|               prime truth is that the Trinitarian God is One, and not "polytheistic".
558 Text|                synergy", the ultimate triumph of the glory of God. Here,
559 Text|       relationship can be seen in its true dimension only when it explicitly
560 Text|              the people who elect and trust them.~    ~
561 Text|               and humans), we can now turn to how the human person "
562 Text|          examined by Pilate about the type of authority He represented,
563 Text|                through "synergy", the ultimate triumph of the glory of
564 Text|             God does not cease to be "unchanging", "timeless" and "above
565 Text|           theandric person. Even when undergoing all suffering through extreme "
566 Text|             his work "The Prince" the underhandedness and impiety of "rulers"
567 Text|               outset are the "key" to understanding the "authority" of Christ "
568 Text|            never ceases to be hidden, undiminished even under the worst form
569 Text|         played on related words in an unforgettable way).~In accordance with
570 Text|               world.~T his previously unheard of teaching of St Paul,
571 Text|              wears" authority, like a uniform. Thus arose the various
572 Text|                Thus arose the various uniforms of the different instruments
573 Text|            and sacredness, has as its unique starting point and source
574 Text|               logic, which culminates uniquely in the Person of Christ
575 Text|         revealed in all its fullness, uniqueness and sacredness, has as its
576 Text|       inanimate "natural laws" of the universe - operating with indestructible
577     | unless
578     | unlike
579 Text|             taxis, that even the most unrefined Dictators call their arbitrary
580 Text|                In so doing, it states unreservedly that in each Person of the
581 Text|              named. Yet, absolute and unrestricted authority "in heaven and
582     | until
583     | unto
584 Text|               provocative, but almost untrustworthy.~We could say that such
585 Text|                 John 19:11).~Yet, the unwavering words of the Apostles always
586 Text|          terms that various languages use for different kinds of authority (
587     | using
588 Text|              crowds of people, Christ usually described Himself as "the
589 Text|                People", no matter how vague it may be, was always used -
590 Text|               a more contradictory or vain term than the Greek word "
591 Text|              to various orders and to varying degrees. The works of St
592 Text|            your suffering" (cf. Great Vespers of the feast of the Transfiguration).~
593 Text|      authority and order. By being a "vessel" and "instrument" who embodies
594 Text|        authorities" (Rom. 13:1). This viewpoint often scandalised the "activists"
595 Text|             humankind should not have waited for Machiavelli to describe
596 Text|        radical difference in infinite ways to the Apostles. Indeed,
597 Text|                is one who "bears" or "wears" authority, like a uniform.
598     | whether
599     | whoever
600 Text|               disciples: "so that, in witnessing your wonders, they would
601 Text|              that, in witnessing your wonders, they would not shy away
602 Text|         describe and exemplify in his work "The Prince" the underhandedness
603 Text|           undiminished even under the worst form of dishonour. This
604 Text|              James characteristically wrote that "they believe and tremble" (