What “restoration” does the collect allude to? Why does it talk about “peoples” of the earth? What is the relationship between the Father and the Son in the latter’s “gracious rule”? Let me try to explain.
Week of the Sunday from Nov 6 to Nov 12; Proper 27, A Collect Reflection
Why did God become human? Many theologians have asked this question throughout the centuries. Perhaps most famously, St. Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 until 1109, by the way) wrote an entire work on the topic: Cur Deus Homo? (“Why was God a Man?”). Now, according to Anselm, God became a human in order to pay humanity’s…
