‘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)
The hypostatic principle is central to the theology of Saint Sophrony. Man, created in the image and likeness of God, reaches his perfection when he becomes a person-hypostasis, resembling his Archetype, Christ. The hypostatic principle in man is manifest as a visible reality in the persons of the Saints, who have been assimilated into the Lord Jesus and are bearers of His word. Whenever Saint Sophrony spoke of the concept of personhood, he always sketched the spiritual figure of his Elder, Saint Silouan. Yet, his own figure also revealed the ‘true man’, whom God had in mind before the ages, and what His ‘true work’ is.
8.5 x 6 x 1 inches; Hardcover; 271 pages