Belief In The Incarnation

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How can we understand the second person of the Trinity? It’s difficult to think of Jesus as both fully human and fully divine, so let’s try to put some language around it. Though this doctrine can be a challenge to wrap our heads around, “belief in the true Incarnation of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of the Christian faith” (CCC 463). It is the belief in the Incarnation that reveals the mystery of the Trinity, the central mystery of our faith. Since belief in the Incarnation reveals truth about Jesus as the Son of God, it also reveals His love for us and by its very nature the love that is found among the Trinity.
But what does it mean that Jesus was incarnate? A simple explanation can be understood through the story that Scripture provides. John 1 tells us that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” …show more content…

What was confessed at this council can be summarized briefly by the Catechism which says, “…we unanimously teach and confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: the same perfect in divinity and perfect in humanity, the same truly God and truly man, composed of a rational soul and body…We confess that one and the same Christ, Lord, and only-begotten Son, is to be acknowledged in two natures without confusion, change, division, or separation…each of the two natures was preserved as they came together in one person and one hypostasis” (CCC 467). Ultimately, that which was decided upon was a cooperative effort between those in Antioch and Cyril of Alexandria. It confesses that there is a union by matter of persons, but not of natures. The Divine Word of God is a separate nature from the human of Jesus, but both natures are joined to a human. In effect, Christ is one person in whom two natures are

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