“Since God knows created beings as the realizations of His will, it is not being itself but the ultimate will of God's love which unifies beings and points to the meaning of being. And precisely here is the role of… — John D. Zizoulas Copy Share Image
“The truth of history lies simultaneously in the substratum of created existence (since all beings are the willed realizations of God's love); in the… — John D. Zizoulas Copy Share Image
“When man loves as a biological hypostasis, he inevitably excludes others: the family has priority in love over "strangers," the husband lays exclusive claim to the love of his wife - facts altogether understandable and "natural" for the biological hypostasis. For a man to love someone who is not a member of his family more than his own relations constitutes… — John D. Zizoulas Copy Share
“That this signified not a parallel co-existence of the ecclesial with the biological hypostasis but a transcendence of the latter by the former is apparent from the harshness of sayings like those which demand of Christians the abandonment - even the "hatred" - of their own relations. These sayings do not signify a simple denial. They conceal an affirmation: the… — John D. Zizoulas Copy Share
“Since God knows created beings as the realizations of His will, it is not being itself but the ultimate will of God's love which… — John D. Zizoulas Copy Share Image
