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Glory to God for All Things

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The Greek Fathers are sometimes accused of overemphasising the role of human beings in the divine life. Although these Fathers insist that people do have a role to play in their redemption, most teach that this role is altogether very small and indeed almost inconsequential when compared to that of God. St. John Chrysostom expresses this relationship well, though his perspective is by no means unique.

“Consider how [Jesus Christ] teaches us to be humble, by making us see that our virtue does not depend on our work alone but on grace from on high. He commands each of the faithful who prays to do so universally, for the whole world. For he did not say “thy will be done in me or in us,” but “on earth,” the whole earth, so that error may be banished from it, truth take root in it, all vice be destroyed on it, virtue flourish on it, and earth no longer differ from heaven.”


St. John Chrysostom on the Lord's Prayer


On a side note, the the title of this post, which also comes from Chrysostom, is the name of an excellent blog by an Eastern Orthodox priest in the United States: “Glory to God for All Things”.

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