Grade 9 Lesson 16 Draft
Textbook Lesson
Talmido Resources
- From Sunil Samuel: The idea of this lesson is almost entirely from this work of Fr. John Behr. Fr. John Behr says that we are created not as a finished product, but as a project by the Holy Trinity - a work that began in Paradise but was completed with Christ on the Cross. We "become Human" only as Christ showed us -- by dying -- for others. And so it is in Christ, when we live and when we die in Him, like He died -- for the good, healing, salvation of the others do we become like the perfect Human being which Christ is. I dont know if this is entirely reflected in the message, perhaps it can be mentioned somewhere maybe as a popout or some other way.
- References
- Edward G. Mathews Jr., Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on The Six Days of Creation: The Sixth Day (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2020), p. 46
- Edward G. Mathews Jr., Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Creation of Adam and the Resurrection of the Dead (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2014), p. 14
- John Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2017), p. 117
John Behr, Becoming Human (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2013), p. 31
Learning Outcomes
Mental Health
- G9.LO1 - Theorize whether people are fundamentally good or evil, and then conclude with the Orthodox understanding
