23 August 2005

Patristic Quote for the Day

Anaphora of St. Basil (continued)

When Thou didst create man by taking dust from the earth, and didst honor him with Thine own image, O God, Thou didst set him in a paradise of delight, promising him eternal life and everlasting blessings in the observance of Thy commandments. But when man disobeyed Thee, the true God, who had created him, and was deceived by the guile of the serpent, becoming subject to death through his own transgressions, Thou, O God, in Thy righteous judgment, didst send him forth from paradise into this world, returning him to the earth from which he was taken, yet providing for him the salvation of regeneration in Thy Christ Himself...

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