317 - Fr. Joseph Lucas - Sacrifice: The Paradox of Salvation

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Fr. Joseph Lucas published a thesis on the question of sacrifice, called Offerer and Offering: Cyril of Alexandria on Jewish and Christian Sacrifice. In this video, we discuss sacrifice in Scripture, how we should understand the crucifixion, and how the notion of sacrifice applies to the Christian life.
Bio: Father Joseph Lucas is an Orthodox Christian priest, theological scholar, and practical philosopher. He received his PhD. in Theology from the St. Irenaeus Orthodox Theological Institute at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegan, and his MDiv. with Distinction in Patristics and Church History from St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Seminary.
Father Joseph is the author of Prayer of the Publican: Justification in the Desert Fathers. He is a Senior Editor of Rule of Faith Journal. Rule of Faith is an Orthodox Christian journal wherein scholars, clergy, and artists elucidate the culture of faith and engage the questions of our time.
Rule of Faith journal: https://ruleoffaith.org
Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/0FuO88QVlN0
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Coming up
0:42 - Intro music
1:06 - Introduction
2:01 - St. Cyril on sacrifice
2:59 - What is sacrifice for?
5:02 - Biblical sacrifice is not propitiation
8:11 - The scope of Scripture
11:46 - Yom Kippur: Two aspects of the same sacrifice
15:45 - Is the crucifixion an offering?
17:00 - Never disconnected from the Father
19:17 - My God, my God, why have You Forsaken me?
20:51 - The Garden of Gethsemane
22:43 - The prophesy, "for our sake"
25:05 - Symbol + intention
33:56 - Connecting this to Christian life
35:09 - The limits of René Girard
38:33 - The central pattern
46:08 - Applying this to politics
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My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.