“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.… — John D. Zizoulas Copy Share
“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
