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Meir SoloveichikRead
How can finite man commune with an infinite God? To both Christians and Jews, God himself has made that possible by irrupting into the temporal world. To Christians, God became man in the Incarnation; to Jews, the God that spoke out of the fire on Mount Sinai gave his Torah.
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What this quote means
This quote explores the relationship between humanity and the divine, highlighting how God interacts with the temporal world.
Meir Soloveichik's quote expresses the profound theological idea of how finite beings, such as humans, can engage with an infinite deity. It emphasizes that this connection is made possible through divine actions in the world, specifically referencing the Incarnation in Christianity and the giving of the Torah in Judaism as means through which God interacts with humanity, illustrating the sacred nature of these events in establishing a relationship between the divine and the mortal.
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GodInfinityHumanRelationshipIncarnationTorah
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Example use cases
In a sermon discussing the connection between humanity and the divine.
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