The unconditionality of the Son's incarnation

[Mina Mounir]

Dear friends,
I was searching on the internet and found some interesting materials:
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http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_en/Dogmatics.html

Text I: Protopresbyter Georges Florovsky “Cur Deus Homo? The Motive of the Incarnation”» (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_en/E3c8002aGiatiEns1.pdf) (1957) (English pdf, 175 KB; Greek pdf (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_el/3c8002aGiatiEns1.pdf), pdf, 161 KB)
- Text II: Panagiotes Nellas
“The Archetype of Humanity is the Incarnate Word” (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_en/E3c8002bGiatiEns2.pdf) (1979) (English pdf, 203 KB; Greek pdf (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_el/3c8002bGiatiEns2.pdf), pdf, 130 KB)
- Text III: Panagiotes Nellas
“Redemption or Deification? Anselm’s Question, ‘Why Did God Become Man?’ and Nicolas Cabasilas” (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_en/E3c8002cGiatiEns3.pdf) (1983) (English pdf, 328 KB; Greek pdf (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_el/3c8002cGiatiEns3.pdf), 202 KB)
- Text IV: Metropolitan Hierotheos of Naupaktos and Hagios Blasios
“The Unconditionality of the Divine Incarnation” (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_en/E3c8002dGiatiEns4.pdf) (1992) (English pdf, 177 KB; Greek pdf (http://www.synodinresistance.org/Theology_el/3c8002dGiatiEns4.pdf), 117 KB)
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these article produce good arguments about the motive or reason of incarnation , and it is not just a philosophical point ... I think it has a good influence on our spirituality that sin is not the cause of incarnation. it even interprets (as seen in prof. Nellas first paper) the verses of the scripture that mistakenly used by Arius.






how did the fathers of the church see that ?



thanks

[Christopher Dombrowski]

Are you sure that "sin is not the cause for the incarnation" is the idea you're looking for? Certainly it's not the core reason for which Christ would have become Incarnate even if Adam had not fallen. But I hope we're not excluding it as one of the reasons for which Christ did become Incarnate in the context of Man having truly fallen?