Select Aspects of the Economy of Salvation in Christ According to Jacob of Serugh(a Study Based on Select Festal Homilies)

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The Theme of the Study ............................... 2 The Scope ....................................... 3 The Method of the Study .............................. 4 The Structure of the Study ............................. 5 SELECT ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION IN CHRIST ASPECTS OF MAR JACOB`S THEOLOGICAL VOCABULARY .... 8 Divine Mercy (hnana) ............................ 9 The Image (salma) and Likeness (dmuta) of God in Humanity . . 10 Divine Pedagogy through Types (tupse) and Mysteries (raze) ... 11 Self-abasement (mukaka) and Smallness (z`oruta) of the Son of God 12 Incarnation as the Mingling (hlatlmzag) of the Son with All .... 13 The `New Road of Humility` (urha hdata d-makikuta) ....... 13 The Road of Christ, the Great `Path of the Cross` (urha da-zqipa) 14 The Entry of the `Vivifier of the Dead` (mahe mite) into Sheol . . 15 The Ascension of the High Priest (rabba d-kumre) to the Father . 15 SOME CHARACTERISTIC THEOLOGICAL THOUGHT-PATTERNS OF MAR JACOB ................................ 16 The Unity of the Divine Economy of Salvation ............ 16 Unity of the Author of Creation and Redemption ........ 17 The Immutability of the Divine Mercy and the Multiplicity of Salvific Actions ....................... 17 Divine Teaching and Human Salvation ................. 18 The Historical Outlook and the Synchronic Vision of the Economy of Salvation in Christ .......... 20 The Abiding Sense of Corporate Personality .............. 22 The Hidden and the Revealed Son of God ............... 23 The On-going Role of the Evil One ................... 26 ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION IN CHRIST .... 28 God`s Mercy Seeking Adam, the Fallen-one, and the Re-entry of Adam into Paradise ......... 29 The Fallen Adam ............................ 30 Expulsion of Adam from the House of the Father .... 31 Expulsion of Adam from His own Status ......... 31 Adam Expelled from His True Existence ........ 32 Christ, the Incarnate Mercy, Searching for Adam ....... 32 The Re-entry of Adam into Paradise ................ 35 The Betrothal and Marriage Feast of the Heavenly Bridegroom and the Earthly Bride .................... 37 Betrothal and Marriage Feast, Symbols of the Eternal Divine Mercy and Divine Fidelity ............. 38 The Groomsmen and the Adornments of the Bride for the Betrothal ........................ 39 The Betrothal of Christ, the Bridegroom, on the Road of His Birth and Death ..................... 43 Betrothal and Marriage Feast: A Symbolic Representation of the `Already and Not-Yet` of the Kingdom of God. 45 Salvation as the Demolition of Idols and Idolatry for the Liberation of Slaves ................. 46 Idols and Idolatry, Signs of Alien Love/Lust and False Discernment .................... 47 The Adultery and Idolatry of `the Daughter of Hebrews` (bat `ebraye) .......................... 48 The Incarnation of the Son and the Fall of Idols for the Liberation of `the Bride of Light` ........ 50 Adultery and Idolatry, Signs of the Fallen Human Nature, and Christ, the Source of Resurrection .......... 52 Renewal of the House of Adam, the Kingdom of the House of David and the Priesthood ...................... 53 Adam, King and Priest in the Garden and His Fall ....... 54 The Kingship of Adam ..................... 54 The Priesthood of Adam ................... 55 Renewal of the House of Adam: Human Nature, Humanity and the Creation ........................ 57 The Renewal of Human Nature ............... 57 Renewal of Humanity ..................... 59 Renewal of the Whole Creation .............. 61 Christ, the King of Kings and the High Priest, Renewing Everything from What is His own. ..... 62