Questions tagged [incarnation]
Questions relating to the process by which the Divine became flesh
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How is the Logos person after incarnation?
I already searched in case my question has been questioned. But I cannot find it.
From this link I read :
Question: What does incarnate mean? How was Jesus God incarnate?
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According to Trinitarians, did the human Jesus worship the divine Jesus?
According to Trinitarians, did the human Jesus worship the divine Jesus?
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According to Catholicism, why did God lower Himself so much for the specks of dust like us?
St. Paul said, "It is through suffering that we find strength."
St. Augustine said, "My heart is restless until I find abode in You."
And not only that God wanted to feel how humans feel the love ...
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Is the incarnation of Jesus permanent, according to reformers like Luther or Calvin?
Before, I thought that by the time Jesus died, that's the end of His incarnation state after He fulfilled His role, spilling His blood for the forgiveness of sins.
Below is an article I found in this ...
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If Christ had a complete human nature, how come his human nature wasn't totally depraved as ours is?
I understand the reformed doctrine of total depravity to be that the human nature is such that it is utterly unable to choose to follow God. Another way I've heard it put is that men are by nature ...
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Given that Mormons believe the father has a physical body, what is the significance of the incarnation?
In mainstream Christianity, the incarnation is a really big deal. The idea that the transcendent and ineffable God could enter into creation and become a man is a mind-boggling concept (and provides ...
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Christ is true God and true Man… from when? [closed]
According to the catholic doctrine, Jesus is "true God and true human." That nature of Him was taken in order to redeem the humanity of sin.
My question is:
Since he is God since all times, did he ...
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How do Seventh Day Adventists understand “a form of [a] God” in Philippians 2:6?
SDA is Trinitarian and believe that Jesus in his preexistence was Michael the archangel. Do they then believe that Jesus' preexistent form was that of an angel all the time or that Michael was a form ...
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What is the biblical basis for Docetism?
Docetism is the belief that Jesus never took a physical, corporeal form, but He was instead solely spiritual in nature. Passages such as 1 John 2:15, Galatians 5:17, and Romans 7:18 could be ...
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What is a “Daud of Sons” as stated in Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon?
In my copy of Readings in World Christian History Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453, edited by John W. Coakley & Andrea Sterk, the 35th text, starting on page 175, entitled "Definition of ...
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How does one reconcile the changelessness of God with Jesus' incarnation? [closed]
The Bible says that God "remains the same" (Ps 102:27), and that "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Heb 13:8). This seems to mean that he is changeless.
However, Jesus was not ...
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According to Trinitarian theology of Calvinism, was the Word (2nd person of the Trinity) missing from heaven when He (the Word) incarnated on Earth?
What I mean with "missing from heaven" is something like this :
A. Only the first and the third persons of the Trinity were in heaven because the second person was on Earth.
Example:
Q : Where is ...
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Have any Christian theologians discussed whether Jesus resembled Joseph?
Mainstream Christians believe that Jesus was the son of God the Father and Mary, a virgin. So my question is, have any Christian theologians discussed whether Jesus only resemble his mother Mary, or ...
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Have there been any Christian writings on the genetics of Jesus? [closed]
Mainstream Christians believe that Jesus was the son of God the Father and Mary, a virgin. From a scientific perspective, this means that he would have had no genetic material provided from a male ...
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What is the biblical evidence against a pre-incarnate Jesus?
According to groups that reject Jesus having a pre-incarnate existence, what Biblical evidence do they cite for the position that Jesus, the Messiah, did not exist prior to his conception in Mary's ...
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When did Jesus assume human nature?
Did Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, only assume impersonal (anhypostatic) human nature (body and soul), during incarnation, in which he was born of Mary? Or, did he already have human ...
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Old Testament Evidence of the Hypostatic Union
There are people who don't believe that God can become a man, as we Christians say He did as Jesus. Is there any evidence that God is able to put on flesh in the Old Testament? What logical arguments ...
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Did the Father and Holy Spirit become man?
According to Trinitarian theology, the second person of the triune god became man. The second person of the triune god is also fully god, and since there is only one god, the second person of the ...
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Texts in Eastern services expressing ideas about the role of woman in child development
I have quite a specific question about the view of ancient Christians on the development of a child. I always assumed, that since the Ephesus Fathers considered being born of human woman as a ...
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Is there an explanation in Catholicism as to why it was the Son and not the others of the Blessed Trinity to become man and be crucified for our sake?
According to Catholic faith and theology, once God decreed to save mankind, redemption would be by the work of God-made-man.
For us men and for our salvation,
he came down from heaven:
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Please clarify Phil 2:8-9 with reference to the Trinity
In Philippians 2:8-9 we read:
He [Jesus] humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the ...
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How would Catholics respond to the theory that Mary was a surrogate mother that had no DNA in common with Jesus?
Did the life transferred to Mary's womb contain unique DNA?
Did that remain the case through out the pregnancy?
Science tells us that a surrogate host mother of an implanted fertilized egg will have ...
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In the Angelus, which is theologically correct, “conceived of” or “conceived by”?
In the Angelus, which is a short practice of devotion in honour of the Incarnation repeated three times each day, morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of the bell [cf. Angelus | New Advent], I ...
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How was Jesus the Seed of David if Jesus is God who created Man (Adam), and David is the seed of Adam?
How is Jesus the Messiah, the seed of David, if Jesus is God, and God created Man (Adam), and David is the seed of Adam? This is a never-ending circle, and can't physically be possible. We are told in ...
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What was Origen's view of Jesus' soul?
Origen believed in the pre-existence of souls (prior to conception), and that people's souls did things before their embodiment. For example, he taught that Jacob was loved and Esau hated because of ...
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Was Emperor St. Justinian an Aphthartodocetist?
Ss. Eutychius of Constantinople and Anastasius of Antioch were deposed and exiled because they openly opposed Emperor St. Justinian's edict in 564 on Aphthartodocetism, the belief that Christ's body, ...
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On the Catholic Perspective on the incarnation of Jesus, according to St.Thomas Aquinas: Two natures, one Person
To understand St.Thomas theology, we must understand the metaphysics that goes hand in hand with his theology.
For the notion of Person, the previous notion of Suppositum or Hypostasis seems to be ...
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What is the Protestant explanation for how Mary could provide Jesus with his flesh but be part of the fall herself? [duplicate]
What supporting arguments do Protestants offer for Mary being sinful, yet providing Jesus with his flesh and blood body; how do they believe Jesus could be born from a sinful Mary and not inherit the ...
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According to the Catholic commentators, was Mary the original candidate for mother of God?
Is it possible to think that another woman before Mary had been asked by an angel to be the mother of God, but the incarnation did not happen at that time because she rejected the proposal?
In the ...
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What is the source DNA for the body of Jesus? [closed]
This question focus on the physical body used by Jesus during his time on Earth.
I believe there is much biblical support for and little question that the body of Jesus gestated in the body of Mary ...
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From a Trinitarian perspective, does the term 'only begotten Son' make sense outside of the concept of the incarnation?
From a Trinitarian perspective, does the term 'only begotten Son' make sense outside of the concept of the incarnation? If so, how? If not, why not?
The Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed states (in ...
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Can we at some point take on a Divine Nature?
"Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." -...
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Is calling the church the “body of Christ” merely a metaphor or is there a deeper significance? [closed]
In numerous places in the New Testament the church is called the "body of Christ." Is this merely a metaphor for the church's role or is it related to the doctrine of the incarnation?
I suspect it is ...
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Are there any surviving (English translated) works by Athanasius about the Apollinarian heresy?
As I've looked around the internet at reactions to Athanasius' magnum opus On the Incarnation, I've seen some accusations of latent Apollinarism. The work was published before the Apollinarian heresy ...
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Does Catholic doctrine teach that the Incarnation would have taken place regardless of Adam's decision?
In Catholic doctrine, both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition teach that Jesus Christ died specifically for the expiation of our sins. Historical Christianity professes that God became a man by way ...
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Who believes the incarnation and resurrection wouldn't have happened without Mary's faith?
A group called the Steering Committee for the National Consecration of Ireland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is, as the name suggests, seeking the consecration of the nation of Ireland to the ...
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Does the Catholic Church teach that Jesus' Human Nature was created?
I think this is one of the reasons the we can call Mary the Mother of God. But I'm confused about the exact meaning of Human Nature and Human Soul.
So my question is mainly this. What was created ...
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Was there a reason Jesus came at the time he did?
Concerning what the Bible says, and what might be said in commentary from prominent church leaders, is there a particular reason Jesus came 2000 years ago and not at some other time. One would think ...
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According to Catholicism and/ or Protestantism, how many times was Jesus of Nazareth, whether pre-incarnate or incarnate, begotten?
How many times was Jesus of Nazareth, whether pre-incarnate or incarnate, begotten?
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Which Person(s) of the Trinity were in Jesus?
The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that God is one, and God is three (Father, Son, Holy Spirit.) From what I understand the Eternal Son came in human flesh, and we know that resultant man as Jesus of ...
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Why did God enter humanity so silently on Christmas day?
I know it was not absolute silence. A few shepherds, a few wise men from a distant land and some close family witnessed the miracle. Also the new star even led to a mad search to hunt and kill the ...
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How was 'a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger' a sign?
The angels told the shepherds:
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you:you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths ...
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Definition of God in Christianity? [closed]
I saw the question here, but that's not exactly what I want to know about christianity, I just want frank explicit answers, not on the nature of God (that I accept that The full nature of the infinite ...
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What is the Biblical basis that the second Person of the Trinity was the Only-begotten Son of the Father before His incarnation?
Do we have any proof from the Bible that the second Person of the Trinity was the Only-begotten Son of the Father before His incarnation?
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Was Christ the man created?
In historical Christian belief (of almost any type), it would be considered heresy to say that God the Son was created. The term "begat" is preferred, where this term does not imply creation.
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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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Virgin birth in other religions and relevance to Christianity [closed]
Like flood legends, legends of heroes of virgin birth and/or virginal conception are not uncommon in faiths across the world. For example, the Bhagavata Purana tells that Krishna was conceived ...
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What is the reason to genuflect when the Incarnation is mentioned?
At Mass during the recitation of the Nicene Creed and when praying the Angelus, it is common (or required?) for the congregation to bow or genuflect (bend one knee) during these lines:
For us men ...
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What is the biblical basis for Jesus being God incarnate?
In John 17:3 it says that Jesus called the Father the "only true God" and called himself sent by the Father.
Also, in Matthew 4:10, Jesus himself says to:
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him ...
