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    The Mercy's Concept at the Beginning of the Christianity
    The Mercy's Concept at the Beginning of the Christianity
    The Mercy's Concept at the Beginning of the Christianity
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    The Mercy's Concept at the Beginning of the Christianity

    By Cinzia Randazzo

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    Nel presente studio sono illustrate le varie concezioni della misericordia secondo i Padri apostolici.

    Dai testi subapostolici, l'autore delinea le linee fondamentali intorno al quale ruota il pensiero dei Padri sopra citati riguardo all'origine della misericordia divina, da un lato, dall'essere umano dall'altro e dai loro possibili effetti nel mondo.
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    Release dateAug 22, 2018
    ISBN9788827814482
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      The Mercy's Concept at the Beginning of the Christianity - Cinzia Randazzo

      INDEX

      Preface

      Introduction

      1. The Divine Mercy

      1.1. Identity

      1.2. Effects

      2. The Human Mercy

      2.1. Conditions

      2.2. Finality

      Conclusion

      Essential Bibliography

      CINZIA RANDAZZO

      The Mercy's Concept at the Beginning of the Christianity

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      Preface

      An anonymous second century author in a treatise written to persuade a pagan, Diognetus, of the truth of Christian belief celebrates as the hallmark of Christianity the proclamation of divine mercy and the love Christians have for one another.

      When God sent his Son into the world, he writes, "he did so as one calling, not pursuing, when he sent him he did so as one loving, not judging" (Ep. Diogn. 8.5). Accordingly, he later writes, taking up the theme of human love, such are the marks of those who imitate God:

      One who takes up a neighbour’s burden, one who wishes to benefit someone who is worse off in something in which one is oneself better from God, and thus becomes a god to those who receive them, this one is an imitator of God (10.6).

      Such words are perhaps no more needed than today, confronted as we are with reports of brutality and violence on the international stage, and 24-7 new reports bombarding us with stories and pictures of the suffering of God’s precious children and creation everywhere one looks on this earth.

      The more suffering and violence engulf our planet, the more we need both divine and human mercy of the sort the writer to Diognetus celebrates.

      So it is that Cinzia Randazzo’s fine book is both welcome and timely. Readers well acquainted with Old and New Testament teachings concerning divine mercy and the human call to imitate God will benefit from this discussion of these themes in the Apostolic Fathers, a group of writers associated with second century Christianity.

      Some of these authors were at one time part of the Christian canon. Although they lost that esteemed status in the course of the early centuries of the church, they continued to enjoy pride of place both amongst early theologians as well as those who sought spiritual counsel from ancient Christians.

      What is easy to forget about these writers as they address us across the centuries is that they were living often in highly impoverished urban conditions, at times under suspicion by ruling authorities, and often misunderstood for

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