Nika Chitadze
President of the George C. Marshall Alumni Union, Georgia - International and Security Research Center
As it is known,
among of 7 billion 800 million people in the world, today about 2 billion
citizens are followers of the various Christian confessions. For centuries,
especially after 1054, representatives of two main directions of Christianity -
Orthodoxy and Catholicism (and later also protestantism) have not ceased to
argue about the origin of the Holy Spirit.
However, at the
present stage, unfortunately there are less debate about Christ, as a greatest
human - of course together with his divine nature. It should be mentioned about
Jesus Christ as the greatest man in the history of mankind who has helped many
people during his life and committed the greatest goods, first of all as a man.
In this regard, it
is important to note that the diversity of views in the Christian world first
manifested itself especially in the 5th century. During this period within the
Christian church, the controversy over the nature of Jesus Christ was
particularly intense. In the middle of the 5th century, a new trend emerged in
Alexandria - Monophysitism. The Monophysites denied the human origin of Christ
and recognized only his the divine nature. The World Ecclesiastical Assembly of
Chalcedon condemned monophysitism in 451 and recognized Diophysitism.
Accordingly,
Diophysitism (in Greek δυο-two, φύσις-nature) as a doctrine was adopted at the
World Ecclesiastical Assembly of Chalcedon in 451 (hence the second name of
Diophysitism: Chalcedonism), where Nicaea's first ecclesiastical assembly (325)
and Constantinople's first ecclesiastical symbol (381) approved the new
definition: There are two natures of Jesus - Divine and Human.
Nevertheless, the
Eastern Churches became monophysite in Syria, Palestine, and Armenia.
As it is known, in
today's Christian world, Diophysites (Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants) are
in the absolute majority. Therefore, It can be considered, that the duty of the
Christian world - to worship to Christ, first of all as the greatest, noblest,
most honorable man, who, by carrying the cross to Golgotha, has expressed his
willingness to bear the brunt of the hardships of human life. Christ is the
greatest man who, in spite of the greatest physical and spiritual pain at the
time of his crucifixion, took upon himself the sins of all mankind and thus
accomplished the greatest human mission.
Sources:
1. Current
World Population. Retrieved from:
Council of
Chalcedon. Retrieved from: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03555a.htm
Current
World Population. Retrieved from:
Council of Chalcedon. Retrieved from: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03555a.htm
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