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**JessiPollo** · 02-11-2008, 07:45 AM

Dear Richard and others,

I forgot that I also wanted to comment on another section of your recent post; but as the topic is somewhat distinct, it is perhaps fortunate that I neglected to raise it in my above response. The section I have in mind is this:

Indeed, to sum up here:

The entire tree is the Church, being deification in the Angel of the Lord, the Angel now known as the Incarnate Christ. This does indeed go back to Paradise: the life of Adam and Eve is this same Orthodox Faith known in deification. "The Lord knows those who are His" (2 Tim 2:19).

It is not possible to define Church as deification. Deification is an ascetical act, or rather, the fruit of ascetical life, that brings one into communion with Christ himself. It is not a thing, or a group, or a community, or an identity: it is an act of communion with and in Christ. The Church is this Christ's body, which feeds and fosters this process of deifying life through Christ's presence in his creation.

The moment we start calling the Church deification, Christ is fundamentally depersonalised.

INXC, Dcn Matthew

02-11-2008, 07:45 AM	#44
JessiPollo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	Dear Richard and others, I forgot that I also wanted to comment on another section of your recent post; but as the topic is somewhat distinct, it is perhaps fortunate that I neglected to raise it in my above response. The section I have in mind is this: Indeed, to sum up here: The entire tree is the Church, being deification in the Angel of the Lord, the Angel now known as the Incarnate Christ. This does indeed go back to Paradise: the life of Adam and Eve is this same Orthodox Faith known in deification. "The Lord knows those who are His" (2 Tim 2:19). It is not possible to define Church as deification. Deification is an ascetical act, or rather, the fruit of ascetical life, that brings one into communion with Christ himself. It is not a thing, or a group, or a community, or an identity: it is an act of communion with and in Christ. The Church is this Christ's body, which feeds and fosters this process of deifying life through Christ's presence in his creation. The moment we start calling the Church deification, Christ is fundamentally depersonalised. INXC, Dcn Matthew
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