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Headword:
*sugkata/basis
Adler number: sigma,1287
Translated headword: condescension
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. This is the term used] when God appears not as he is, but as he who is able to behold him is capable [of seeing], thus he shows himself, measuring his appearance to the weakness of the viewers' sight.
Greek Original:*sugkata/basis: o(/tan mh\ w(s e)/stin o( qeo\s fai/nhtai, a)ll' w(s o( duna/menos au)to\n qewrei=n oi(=o/s te e)sti\n ou(/tws e(auto\n deiknu/ei, e)pimetrw=n th=| tw=n o(rw/ntwn a)sqenei/a| th=s o)/yews th\n e)pi/deicin.
Note:
John Chrysostom, On the incomprehensible nature of God (= Against the Anomoeans) PG 48.722. The passage quoted occurs in immediate response to the question 'what is condescension?'
Reference:
A.‑M. Malingrey, ed., Jean Chrysostome, Sur l'incompréhensibilité de Dieu [Sources chrétiennes 28 bis. Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1970]
Keywords: Christianity; definition; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 April 2014@00:56:13.
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