Sayings Archbishop Athenagoras of Thyateira ~ Divinity and Humanity meet

 

   God in his love sent his Son to be a man, whilst in return humanity offered Saint Mary the Virgin to be the cleansed and perfected vessel in which humanity and divinity meet in the God-manhood of Christ.

~ Archbishop Athenagoras of Thyateira

quote from:

from Man, Woman, and Priesthood, pp. 68-90, edited by Peter Moore, SPCK London, 1978.