Questions tagged [hypostatic-union]
Questions pertaining to the nature of Jesus' humanity and divinity.
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How can the Son not know what the Father knows?
Matthew 24:36 (NLT)
Mark 13:32 (NLT)
36 “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.”
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Is it Proper to State that Chalcedonianism is a Moderate Position In-between Nestorianism and Monophysitism?
I am reading the book The First Seven Ecumenical Councils by Leo Donald Davis. This is my first introduction to Trinitarian and Christological disputes within the Early Church.
It appears to me:
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Does the Chalcedonian Definition mean Christ has two minds?
In the seventh century two Christological doctrines were determined to be un-orthodox and in contradiction to the Chalcedonian Definition: that Christ has one "energy", and then that Christ has one ...
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Is voluntary passibility consistent with an essentially impassible God?
The majority of Christian theologians have held that God is 'impassible' where impassibility means God's inability to be changed/affected by creatures, particularly in reference to his emotional life. ...
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What's so bad about monoergism and monothelitism?
Two early heresies that intrigue me a bit are monoergism and monothelitism. Both basically suggest that while Jesus was both human and divine, he only had one "energy" or one "will." Both were ...
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Why does Jesus have to be fully God and fully man? Is it not sufficient to be the son of God and fully man?
This is a follow on from the question
Why does the Messiah have to be God?
Fully Man: I agree that Jesus had to become man, I believe this is VERY well supported in the bible. Hebrews 2:17-18, ...
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What is the biblical basis for Jesus having two natures?
A comment by Nigel:
The dual nature of Jesus Christ is such that Deity and humanity meet in one Person. The natures neither mingle, nor merge, nor 'switch'. They are two distinct things. They meet ...
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How does Christ's hypostatic union affect the temporal nature of the Trinity?
The term hypostatic union is a concise way to say that Jesus was fully God and fully Man at the same time (glossing over the details). There are a number of opinions on the precise details of this ...
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What does it mean that "the two natures of Christ cannot be separated"?
The Ausberg confession states of Christ in the Chief Articles of Faith,
Therefore, he has two natures, one divine and the other human. They are united in one person and cannot be separated.
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Relationships between God the Father, Mary and the two natures of Jesus Christ
Would it be okay to say this:
Jesus Christ is both God and Man, which means that He possesses both
divine and human nature. Divine nature in Him is from God the Father
and the human nature in ...
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In Reformed Theology, what are seen as the implications of Traducianism versus Creationism (of the soul)?
Traducianism says that one's soul is derived from one's parents' souls, but creationism says that God creates a soul for each body.
The Wikipedia articles are a start, but I'm especially interested ...
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According to Roman Catholic orthodoxy, is Jesus Christ a human person, a divine person, both, or none?
I'll give you an example of a divine person: God the Father.
I'll give you an example of a human person: the apostle Paul.
According to Roman Catholic orthodoxy (note: cite it), is Jesus Christ a ...
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How do Trinitarians respond to passages in the Bible that seem to clearly distinguish between God and Jesus after his ascension?
Dr. Steven Nemes writes in the article The revelation which God gave Jesus, after quoting the opening line of Revelation
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his
servants what ...
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Was Calvin a Nestorian?
Was John Calvin a Nestorian? I ask because of the (at least superficial similarity) between the extra calvinisticum and Nestorian thought, and because his theology of the Lord's Supper has ...
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According to Jehovah’s Witnesses, in what way is Jesus human?
From what I understand, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in a form of Arianism that claims Jesus is “the son of God”, but he is inferior to “God the Father”, as he is usually understood as “God’s first ...
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How do Trinitarians explain that Jesus himself claims He is a man who has heard things from God at John 8:40?
In Acts 2:22, St. Peter says
"Fellow Israelites, listen to this! Jesus of Nazareth was a man
who had God's approval."
I have asked about this particular line here.
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Has the distinction of the human and divine natures in Jesus Christ been established? [closed]
I heard that in the main stream Christianity there is such an assertion: In the Holy Trinity The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are distinct, but not separated. I also heard this: the divine and ...
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Is the Hypostatic Union a contradiction?
The law of noncontradictions states that two contradictory positions cannot be true at the same time in the same sense (e. g. the two propositions "p is the case" and "p is not the case&...
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