Tradition Magazine, Issue Eight: Pride
Part Four: Christ Our Model
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Introduction to Christ Our Model
In the beginning, when God created man and woman, He created them in His own image and likeness. There is an ancient tradition that by this is meant that man was made according to the image and likeness of the Word made flesh, Christ Jesus. Jesus was, therefore, the model—or what Thomas and the Scholastics called the “exemplary cause”—according to which…
The Humility of Christ: Philippians 2:1–18
About the text: One of the most beloved passages of the New Testament, the “kenotic hymn” seems to be a hymn written by Saint Paul or which was used in the early Church. It describes the humility of the Word in taking on a human nature and even dying for sinful man, thereby meriting the exaltation and glory of receiving the kingship over all creation. C…
Mediators of Life and Death
About the Author: Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was the greatest preacher to be produced by the Roman provinces of North Africa. A most prolific writer, Augustine single-handedly took on the Manichaeans, Donatists, and Pelagians, while still finding time to write his masterpiece
Of the obedience of one in lowly subjection after the example of Jesus Christ
About the text: In this passage from the Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis speaks in the voice of Christ, who presents himself as an example for us to follow in his humility and obedience. If almighty God humbles himself to be subject to human authority, so must we sinners.
Two Homilies Treating on Humility
About the text: John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) — so surnamed for his erudite preaching, spent many years as a monk in the Syrian desert meditating on and memorising the New Testament. As Patriarch of Constantinople, those meditations took on flesh in the numerous sermons preached on nearly every book of the New Testament. The first sermon presented here a…