The Paternity of God and the Gift of Adoptive Baptismal Filiation

Abstract

"This text is dealing with the theme of the paternity of God as is reflected in the New Testament and in relation with the process of the adoptive baptismal filiation. As a consequence of the receiving of the form, the beauty of the Son made also man (christomorphisation), or of the changing of the garments of skin (Genesis 3:21) with garments of light (Gal 3:27), God the Father acknowledges us at the pt sm s sons n u t rs pt sm l ). This new status of the human being is the most important aspect of the Holy Mysterion of Baptism and has a crucial significance for our spiritual life. The text refers also to the humble response of man to God's sacrificial love, expressed by a martyrdom and the adoption of abandoned children."