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The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (2) (Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios)

Κατηγορίες: In English

Fourth. Although the soul of Lazarus went to the bosom of Abraham and that of the rich man went to hell, Christ says in the parable that Lazarus went to the bosom of Abraham and that this particular rich man went to hell. It’s further mentioned that the rich man saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus in his bosom. This is of great importance, because it means that despite the separation of the soul from the body, the hypostasis, the actual person of the man or woman is not abolished. Of course, the soul didn’t exist before the body, but was created at the same time. Equally, the soul by itself doesn’t constitute the person; nor does the body alone constitute ...

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