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Ignatius


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2006/5/12 下午 08:41:34

聖依拉略主教論天主聖三–眾信友藉天主降生和聖體聖事在天主內合而為一

「聖言確實成了血肉」,我們也確實在聖餐中領受了成為血肉的聖言,怎能不該認為祂自然的住在我們內呢?因為祂生而為人,取了我們血肉的本性時,便與聖言不可分離,並且在賜人聖體與人共融的聖事中,使祂血肉的本性與永遠的本性合而為一。這樣我們大家都成了一個,因為父在基督內,基督在我們內。所以祂藉肉體在我們內,我們也在祂內;我們既然與祂合一,我們的存在也在天主內。

我們藉那與祂的血肉共融的聖事而住在祂內,祂親自證實這事說:「世界將再看不見我了,你們卻要看見我,因為我活著,你們也要活著;因為我在父內,你們在我內,我也在你們內。」如果祂願意僅僅使人了解這是意志方面的合一,為什麼陳述為完成此合一那種漸進的步驟和程序呢?這是為教訓我們,祂是由於天主性而在父內;反之,我們在祂內乃是由於祂肉體的誕生,祂相互的在我們內,是藉助於聖體聖事的奧蹟。這樣我們得知,是藉中保而實現完美的合一:我們住在祂內,祂住父內;祂住在父內時,也住在我們內。這樣,我們便達到與聖父的合一。因為子按照祂的誕生,自然地住在父內,而我們由於我們的人性,也住在子內,因為祂由於人性,也住在我們內。

在我們內的這種合一是如何合乎本性呢?祂親自作證說:「誰吃我的肉,喝我的血,便住在我內,我也在他內。」因為不是任何人都能在基督內,除非基督在某人內:因為只有在那吃祂血肉的人身內有聖子所取的血肉。

以上,祂已經教導了這完美合一的聖事,說道:「正如派遣我的父就是生命,我也因父而生活;同樣,那吃我的肉的人也要因我而生活。」所以祂因父而生活;正如祂因父而生活,同樣我們是因祂的血肉而生活。

這些比較都是為幫助我們了解這奧蹟,使我們藉一種比喻而領悟所談論的事理。我們之能度天主性生活,便是因為在我們內擁有基督–祂藉人性住在我們內;祂以祂藉父而生活的原動力,也要使我們藉祂而生活。

Cecil


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2006/5/22 下午 02:53:11

A tract on the Trinity by Saint Hilary, bishop
The unity of the faithful in God through the incarnation of the Word and the sacrament of the Eucharist

If the Word has truly been made flesh and we in very truth receive the Word made flesh as food from the Lord, are we not bound to believe that he abides in us naturally? Born as a man, he assumed the nature of our flesh so that now it is inseparable from himself, and conjoined the nature of his own flesh to the nature of the eternal Godhead in the sacrament by which his flesh is communicated to us. Accordingly we are all one, because the Father is in Christ and Christ in us. He himself is in us through the flesh and we in him, and because we are united with him, our own being is in God.
He himself testifies that we are in him through the sacrament of the flesh and blood bestowed upon us: In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will understand that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. If he wanted to indicate a mere unity of will, why did He set forth a kind of gradation and sequence in the completion of that unity? It can only be that, since he was in the Father through the nature of Deity, and we on the contrary in him through his birth in the body, he wishes us to believe that he is in us through the mystery of the sacraments. From this we can learn the perfect unity through a Mediator; for we abide in him and he abides in the Father, and while abiding in the Father he abides in us as well – so that we attain unity with the Father. For while Christ is in the Father naturally according to his birth, we too are in Christ naturally, since he abides in us naturally.
He himself has told us how natural this unity is: He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him. No-one can be in Christ unless Christ is in him, because the only flesh which he has taken to himself is the flesh of those who have taken his.
He had earlier revealed to us the sacrament of this perfect unity: As I, who am sent by the living Father, myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me. He lives because of the Father, and as he lives because of the Father so we live because of his flesh.
Every comparison is chosen to shape our understanding, so that we may grasp the subject concerned by help of the analogy set before us. To summarise, this is what gives us life: that we have Christ dwelling within our carnal selves through the flesh, and we shall live because of him in the same manner as he lives because of the Father.

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