Open AccessKENOTIC THEOLOGY IN THE EASTERN CHURCH HYMNS
Author(s) -
Nicuşor Tucă
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
icoana credinţei
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2501-3386
pISSN - 2393-137X
DOI - 10.26520/icoana.2021.14.7.13-19
Subject(s) - treasure , theology , philosophy , object (grammar) , art , religious studies , linguistics
The hypostatic or personal union (enosis ipostatiki) is the wreath and the bond between man and God. The consequences of the hypostatic union form the object of most of the hymns from the cultic treasure of the Eastern Church. The theandric person of our Saviour Jesus Christ is intrinsically present under one form or the other in all the hymns of our Church. Kenosis represents one of the consequences of the hypostatic union and a profound expression of God’s supreme love for mankind. The Orthodox teaching - both in dogma and in divine service - is against a radical kenosis that would nullify the sense of Jesus’ Embodiment as overflowing of the divine energies in the world and in mankind.