More Schmemann:
Only Christ has risen from the dead, but in doing so He destroyed our death, He destroyed its dominion, its hopelessness, its finality. No, it is not nirvana or a shadowy life beyond the grave that Christ promises us, but an eruption of life, a new heaven and a new earth, joy in the universal resurrection. “The dead shall arise and those in the tombs shall rejoice.” Christ is risen and life reigns, life lives. This, then, is the meaning and endless joy of the Symbol of faith’s [i.e., the Creed's] central and essential affirmation: “And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures…”
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Beautiful
The only problem that I have with Schmemann is if he does say something you don't agree with, you can't discredit him through the tried and true intellectual means of speedy refutation….you know like "history schmistory,"" Esget Schmesget."" Schmemann Schmemann."
See, doesn't work. It's always unnerving when someone is seemingly immune to that.