Golgotha's Echo in the Well: Divine Repetition, Vulnerability, and Pickstock's Cross-Shaped Identity (Part 1)

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Of Dust and Divinity

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Forget the platitudes. 'Of Dust and Divinity' engages the dialectic between scriptural hermeneutics, philosophical inquiry, and anthropological theory. We're not just pondering; we're critically analyzing the inherent tensions and resonant harmonies between the terrestrial and the transcendent, the finite and the infinite.

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Golgotha's Echo in the Well: Divine Repetition, Vulnerability, and Pickstock's Cross-Shaped Identity (Part 1)

Of Dust and Divinity

8 minutes 52 seconds

2 months ago

Golgotha's Echo in the Well: Divine Repetition, Vulnerability, and Pickstock's Cross-Shaped Identity (Part 1)

In this two-part episode, we explore Golgotha's Echo in the Well, a podcast diving into the profound mystery of God's ongoing presence and self-revelation. We trace divine repetition from ancient scripture to modern theology, offering a fresh perspective on faith today. Our journey begins with Psalm 119:14, where delight comes from God's "testimonies" and their persistent, loving repetition, rooted in the Hebrew word עוּד (to reiterate, to bear witness repeatedly). This shows God's dynamic and relational nature as the primal, ongoing witness, from speaking creation into being to diligently teaching His Law. Biblical repetition helps us internalize, memorize, and meditate on divine truths, ensuring they are always encountered and integrated.

We then move to Golgotha, the ultimate 'testimony' and definitive 'repetition' of God's self-giving love. We confront the paradox of the "dying God." Though the divine essence of God the Son remained untouched, He experienced death in His human nature through the hypostatic union. This perceived weakness, called "foolishness" by the world, is, as Paul teaches, the very power of God. We'll explore how God's true sovereignty comes from His choice to embrace vulnerability, revealed not through force, but through self-sacrificial love that enters and transforms suffering from within.

Finally, we'll look at Catherine Pickstock's "non-identical repetition," grounded in the Cross. The death and resurrection of the God-man serve as the "transcendent exemplar" for all repetitions and the formation of identity. The Cross gives death a crucial "substantive role," turning it into clarification and transformation. The Eucharist is the "essential repetition of the incarnation," the primary liturgical means by which this transcendent exemplar is non-identically repeated, deepening believers' identity in Christ. Join us to discover how the Cross is a dynamic, perpetually active reality that shapes and reorients human existence. It shows a living, active, and paradoxically powerful God whose love radiates as an "ever-present, ever-radiating force of hope and transformation in the world.