Feb 28, 2007

Athanasius, in defending the Nicene creed against Arians, argues that Christ necessarily had to be fully divine or else he could not have effected salvation. Similarly, Christ necessarily had to be fully human or he could not have taken upon himself all the pains and evils of humanity and transformed them toward divinity. He writes, "Just as we die in Adam because we are all from the earth, so 'we are all made alive in Christ' because we are 'reborn' from above 'by water and the Spirit'; the flesh is no longer earthly, but now it has been 'logified' by the work of the divine Logos who on our account became flesh."

I think I'm going to get a t-shirt that says, simply, "logified."

On a similarly different note:
How about Logos for a boys name?

Feb 8, 2007

A baby boy arrives in early May.
Help us pick a name:

Aiden – Gaelic – Little Fire
Ambrose – Greek – Immortal
Amos – Hebrew – Encumbered
Asher – Hebrew – Happy
August – Latin – Venerated (Family Name)
Eitan – Hebrew – Mighty
Eldon – English – Humanitarian
Elias – Hebrew – My God is the Lord
Ethan – Hebrew – Mighty
Foster – Latin – Decent
Ian – Gaelic – God is Gracious
Judah (Jude) – Hebrew – Praise
Keane – German – Clever
Ladan – Hebrew – Witness
Liam – Hebrew – My Country
Malachai – Hebrew – My messenger
Matai – Hebrew – God is given to us
Micah – Hebrew – Who is similar to God?
Reuben – Hebrew – Behold a son
Sayer – Welsh – Wood worker
Sheldon – English – Valley of Willow trees
Silas – Aramaic – Inquire
Tanis – Amerian English – God is gracious
Theophilus (Theo) – Greek – Lover of God
Torin – Celtic – Leader