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I have an interest in this topic as I was in the past confirmed into the Catholic Church and distressed to have the Divine Mercy Chaplet imposed on me as a penance.
The topic is now for me mostly an intellectual curiosity since I returned to Anglicanism where this prayer is uncommon.
The Eternal Father prayer reads as follows:
"Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world."
I cannot understand how such a prayer is orthodox. What does it mean to offer the Father his own divinity? The body, blood, and soul of Christ can be offered, but how do we offer the Father his own divine nature? Does not this prayer imply that the divinity of the Father and Son is not consubstantial?
What does it mean to offer the divinity in atonement?
The topic is now for me mostly an intellectual curiosity since I returned to Anglicanism where this prayer is uncommon.
The Eternal Father prayer reads as follows:
"Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world."
I cannot understand how such a prayer is orthodox. What does it mean to offer the Father his own divinity? The body, blood, and soul of Christ can be offered, but how do we offer the Father his own divine nature? Does not this prayer imply that the divinity of the Father and Son is not consubstantial?
What does it mean to offer the divinity in atonement?