The nature of idolatry
August 28, 2026 To Capture a Creator Brett Lee-Price ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἑτέραν ἄϋλον φύσιν συνηνωμένην τῇ σαρκὶ ἔχει, καὶ μετὰ τῶν δύο φύσεων ἐκείνων εἷς ὑπάρχει, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἤγουν ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτοῦ, ἀχώριστον τῶν δύο φύσεων ἐστίν, οὐχ ὑπολαμβάνομεν ὅτι δυνατῶς ἔχει περιγράφεσθαι, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸ χαρακτηριζόμενον ἓν πρόσωπόν ἐστι, καὶ ὁ περιγράφων τὸ πρόσωπον ἐκεῖνο, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὴν θείαν φύσιν περιέγραψεν, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἀπερίγραπτος, 1 ‘Since he has another, immaterial nature united to the flesh, and his person—that is, his hypostasis—is inseparable from the two natures, we do not suppose that he can be circumscribed. For whatever is portrayed is portrayed as a person, and whoever circumscribes that person plainly circumscribes the divine nature also, which is uncircumscribable.’ – Constantine V 2 My friend, Todd Stanton, has recently publi...