Translation help

[R. M. Cleminson]

"Theandric" is a perfectly good word, and goes back to Dionysius the Areopagite, so the Church may be described as "a theandric organism".  It does, however, depend somewhat on your target audience.  If the old principle of "when in doubt, use Greek" no longer applies, it would be better to describe it as "an organism at once divine and human", as this preserves the sense while avoiding ugly compound words that are unnatural in English.

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Od: "Elena Gapova" <e.gapova at GMAIL.COM>
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Odoslané: sobota, 30. marec 2013 23:09:09
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Dear all, 

according to ОСНОВЫ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ КОНЦЕПЦИИ Русской Православной Церкви ( http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/141422.html ) the church is богочеловеческий организм . 

Is there any way to say it in English? I need this for a paper on which I an currently working. 

Elena Gapova 
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