‘We preach not one coming only of Jesus Christ, but a second also, far more glorious than the first. The first revealed the meaning of his patient endurance; the second brings with it the crown of the divine kingdom.’
- Cyril of Jerusalem
‘In the Son’s parousia there takes place the parousia of the Father, which is [...]
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‘This Child, now weak in infancy,
Our confidence and joy shall be,
The power of Satan breaking,
Our peace eternal making.’
- Johann Rist
‘The Word has become flesh! It has become flesh never to be separated from that flesh again! Not even presently on the Throne. . . . The Word having become flesh creates therewith the real possibility [...]
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‘In Swabia people say of something that took place long ago that it is so long since it happened that it can hardly be true any more. So Christ died for our sins so long ago that it can hardly be true any more.’
- Georg W.F. Hegel
‘Christ was born in the first century, yet he [...]
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‘Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, – “Wait and hope”.’
- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
‘A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes… and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to [...]
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