Man, the Target of God

'What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him every moment? (Job 7:7-18)

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In the theology of Saint Silouan and Saint Sophrony, man is the target of divine visitations that serve to make him aware of the image of Christ within him. God created man in His ‘image and likeness’. Although this image has become distorted, the purpose of man’s life in the Church is that it should be perfectly restored. Saint Sophrony referred to the image of God in man as man’s ‘hypostasis’ or ‘personhood’. He taught that this image cannot be realised without the witness of a saint or elder, who demonstrates likeness unto Christ and bears His word. For this reason, he often explained the principle of personhood through reference to the life and writings of Saint Silouan.

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Weight

0.47 kg

Dimensions

21.5 × 15 × 2.1 cm

Author

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou

Language

English

Book cover

Hardback Clothbound with Dust Jacket

Pages

271

Publisher

Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist

Edition

1st edition

Publication year

Reprinted 2023

ISBN

978-1-909649-03-3

In this book, Archimandrite Zacharias, the disciple of Saint Sophrony, likewise presents the principle of personhood through the lives of the elders of his monastery, Saint Silouan and Saint Sophrony. He also examines attributes of personhood in terms of dogma and spiritual practice. Throughout Man, the Target of God, Father Zacharias elaborates on aspects of the theme of personhood which were previously introduced in his doctorate Christ, Our Way and Our Life – A Presentation of the Theology of Saint Sophrony. He developed his thought in a series of lectures in Athens and America, which later became the basis for this book.

Introduction

THE GOD OF ΟUR FATHERS

1. ‘Am that I Am’: Revelation of the Person of Christ in the Life of Elder Sophrony
2. Personhood: the Fruit of the Vision of the Uncreated Light
3. The Portrait of Personhood in Saint Silouan

CHRIST, THE FATHER OF THE WORLD TO COME

4. Theology as a Spiritual State of the Person
5. The Hypostatic Principle, a Unique Gift of the Triune God
6. The Hypostatic Mode of Being in the Life and Ministry of Elder Sophrony

THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE

7. The Path of the Human Persona
8. Obedience as a Means to Attain to Personhood
9. The Divine Name and Hypostatic Prayer
10. Tears: the Healing of the Person

Epilogue

On Personhood

Index of Biblical References

Weight	0.47 kg
Dimensions	21.5 × 15 × 2.1 cm
Author	Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
Language	English
Book cover	Hardback Clothbound with Dust Jacket
Pages	271
Publisher	Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist
Edition	1st edition
Publication year	Reprinted 2023
ISBN	978-1-909649-03-3