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Formlessness and Image

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In The Life in Christ, Nicholas Cabasilas uses Paul’s language of “sealing” and “forming” to describe the sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation as means by which the sacramental recipient comes to participate in the life of Christ as a new creation. Relying on images of Christ being “formed” and “portrayed” within the believer, Cabasilas draws on the earlier work of Clement and Cyril of Alexandria, and especially Gregory Nazianzus, to advance a theology of sacramental divinization in which the Christian is progressively conformed to the mysteries of Christ.

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

DOI: 10.25365/exf-2025-4-20

Author: Lynch, Reginald

Institution: Dominican House of Studies

Language: English

Topic: Karl Barth and Christian Theology

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7107972176

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