Mar 23, 2024
"Poet of the heavens and the earth," one could call God, translating word-for-word the Greek text of the Credo. Thus we can penetrate the mystery of the created being. To create is not to reflect oneself in a mirror, even that of prime matter, it is not vainly to divide oneself in order to take everything unto oneself. It is a calling forth of newness. One might also say: a risk of newness. When God raises, outside of Himself, a new subject, a free subject, that is the peak of his creative act. Divine freedom is accomplished through creating this supreme risk: another freedom.
Orthodox Theology V. Lossky
