Image: Sunset, North Garden, Virginia, March 2018
Athanasius in On the
Incarnation describes the power of Christ to change Barbarians:
The barbarians of the
present day are naturally savages in their habits, and as long as they
sacrifice to their idols they rage furiously against each other and cannot bear
to be a single hour without weapons. But when they hear the teaching of Christ,
forthwith they turn from fighting to farming, and instead of arming themselves
with swords extend their hands in prayer…. These facts are proof of the Godhead
of the Saviour, for He has taught men what they could never learn from idols
(91).
JTR
No comments:
Post a Comment