St. Hippolytus on the Logos and Creation
There is only one God, brethren, and we learn about him only from sacred Scripture. It is therefore our duty to become acquainted with what Scripture proclaims and to investigate its teachings thoroughly. We should believe them in the sense that the Father wills, thinking of the Son in the way the Father wills, and accepting the teaching he wills ( Read more... )
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As you know, I was very touched and impressed by your earlier post, on Benedict's commentary about the Word become flesh, as explored in John 1. It is still very much on my mind as I celebrate the nativity today.
I have one serious, and respectful, question to ask on these remarks of yours:
"All of the suffering in our world... is the result of creation's revolt against this order... Whenever we revolt against this design, God's design, we create unnecessary suffering, in ourselves and in the universe."My question is: when a baby is born with cancer or some terrible illness, is the baby itself responsible for its affliction ( ... )
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Under theology, the death of a child from cancer can be attributed to Creation itself decaying under the weight of sin.
Under human thinking, either way you cut it, it still seems a pointless tragedy to snuff out a life before it has barely begun.
Under God's thinking...were I God, this universe would be a very different place indeed, but were I God, people would still be whining about the way I do things.
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