Editing Sarkic (section)

== Concepts ==
The concept of sarkic is used along with ''[[pneuma]]'', which refers to spirit or soul, to describe the duality of [[Jesus|Christ]]<ref>Engberg-Pedersen, Troels (2017). ''John and Philosophy: A New Reading of the Fourth Gospel''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|9780192511058}}.{{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/894024516 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot in plain-text form. The original cite can be found at Special:Permalink/890758678 (or in a rev close it it) as cite #1 - find and verify the cite and replace this template with it (4). [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> and also the Christian Church.<ref>Locher, Gottfried (2004). ''Sign of the Advent: A Study in Protestant Ecclesiology''. Academic Press Fribourg. p. 152. {{ISBN|3727814683}}. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/894024516 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot in plain-text form. The original cite can be found at Special:Permalink/890758678 (or in a rev close it it) as cite #2 - find and verify the cite and replace this template with it (4). [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> Furthermore, such duality is used to explain the paradox of the identities of [[Adam]] and [[Eve]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity|last1=Hedrick|first1=Charles|last2=Hodgson|first2=Robert|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|year=2005|isbn=9781597524025|location=Eugene, OR|page=272}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/894024516 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/890758678 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> 

There are thinkers such as [[Maximus the Confessor]] who associate sarkic (fleshly) with the somatic dimension (bodily)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQqc-4E9lN4C&q=sarkic+somatic&pg=PT509|title=Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction|last=Bird|first=Michael F.|date=2013|publisher=Zondervan Academic|isbn=9780310494423|language=en}}</ref> of human nature, the area where redemption must occur.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Body in St Maximus the Confessor: Holy Flesh, Wholly Deified|last1=Cooper|last2=Cooper|first2=Adam G.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|isbn=019927570X|location=New York|pages=159}}</ref> There are, however, instances when they are considered near equivalent.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQyxCgAAQBAJ&q=sarkic+human+nature&pg=PT36|title=Poetics of the Flesh|last=Rivera|first=Mayra|author-link=Mayra Rivera|date=2015|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822374930|language=en}}</ref> But these states needed to be transcended to achieve a form of existence characterized by a heightened communion with God.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bird|first=Michael F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQqc-4E9lN4C&q=sarkic+somatic&pg=PT509|title=Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction|date=2013|publisher=Zondervan Academic|isbn=9780310494423|pages=372 (of the EPUB ed.)|language=en}}</ref>

Sarkic is also used in Christian terms such as [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]'s description of Abraham's children as ''sarkic'' children who have the ''pneuma'' of Christ.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Paul and the Gentile Problem|last=Thiessen|first=Matthew|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780190271756|location=Oxford|page=120}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/894024516 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/890758678 cite #4 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> In his classification of humanity in his attempt to address the so-called "gentile problem", he labeled all as ''sarkic'': ''sarkic'' Jews who have Christ's ''pneuma''; ''sarkic'' Jews who lack Christ's ''pneuma''; ''sarkic'' gentiles who have Christ's ''pneuma''; and, ''sarkic'' gentiles who lack Christ's ''pneuma''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Paul and the Gentile Problem|last=Thiessen|first=Matthew|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780190271756|location=Oxford|page=120}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/894024516 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/890758678 cite #4 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> 

Paul also linked sarkic to the concept of ''[[hamartia]]'', with the former serving as the force of the latter, capable of overcoming individual action and will.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Political Paul: Democracy and Kingship in Paul's Thought|last=Blumenfeld|first=Bruno|publisher=T & T Clark International|year=2003|isbn=9780567531308|location=London|page=351}}</ref>

=== Popular culture ===
Sarkicism is a religion documented in [[SCP Foundation]] entries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarkicism Hub - SCP Foundation |url=https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/sarkicism-hub |website=The SCP Foundation |access-date=20 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>