Кръщението и светостта
Baptism and Holiness

Author(s): Ivan Marinski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: holiness; transformation; primordial immortal nature; image and likeness of God; deification; Incarnation; Baptism
Summary/Abstract: ‘Holiness’ is one of the fundamental conceptions in the Christian doctrine. However, in contrast to the Western tradition, according to which holiness is confined solely to attaining moral perfection, the Orthodox tradition teaches that holiness is mainly an ontological category meaning internal transformation, a recovery of the primordial immortal nature, a return to the lost image and likeness of God – deification. For the Christian Eastern world, the basis of this recovery is the Incarnation– the act of Christ’s acquiring human nature. Through the Incarnation man is ‘created anew’, human nature is recovered and man is given back the purpose of his life again - his deification. For each human being the beginning of this new way of life starts with Baptism.

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