THE INCARNATION
Theology 101
Good News: Jesus
God saves No other name by which we can be saved. JPII: We are not saved by a formula but by a Person.
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Saves us from sin
Loss of Sanctifying Grace Loss of Preternatural Gifts
Integrity Concupiscence Infused knowledge Ignorance Immortality Death Impassibility Suffering
Man cannot save himself.
Cannot give grace to himself Offense was infinite.
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Saves us for something infinitely great
Why God became man?
to reconcile sinners to have us learn of Gods infinite love: I thirst. to be our model of holiness: Love one another as I have loved you: total self-gift. to make us partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). The Son of God became man so that we might become God. St. Athanasius
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Mystery of Incarnation
union of the divine and human natures in the one divine Person of the Word Jesus: One Person, Two Natures: God and Man
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Union of two natures in one person
Person - WHO? individual subject or hypostasis. The I. Ego. Nature or essence WHAT? the what of something. Determines what he can do: Principle of operation
Grass is a plant can grow Eagle is an animal can move Andy is man can talk. Body and soul Holy Spirit is God can create Jesus is man and God.
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Jesus and the Trinity
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Jesus and Adam
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How many persons? How many Is?
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Who does the action?
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Is it true that in Jesus:
God changed and grew? God died? God was born of Mary, a creature of His? Mary is the mother of God, because the Bible calls her the Mother of Jesus?
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The actions of Jesus Christ are the actions of God. Actiones sunt suppositorum: the actions belong to the person. Actions of Jesus have infinite value
Even the most ordinary actions
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THE HYPOSTATIC UNION: God united human nature to his person
Second Person of Trinity Divine Nature Eternal Procession
(The Word)
(Father)
In Time: Incarnation
Human Nature (Created)
(Jesus Christ)
AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH: God took on human nature 4/16/2012
Life of Christ is a Revelation
In the body of Jesus "we see our God made visible and so are caught up in love of the God we cannot see." He who sees me sees the Father (Jn 14:9) Everything he did is for our salvation.
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Two Natures: fully God, fully man
Divine Nature Human Nature Soul Divine Intelligence Human intelligence knows everything - learned little by little Divine Will Human will - Omnipotent - freedom power to act or not Pure Spirit Body: emotions. matter
Agony in the Garden
Fear of death Not my will but yours be done
I and the Father are one. The Father is greater than me.
Heresies on Christ
Docetism his body is not real. Only an appearance. Nestorianism two persons two natures. Person of the Word is distinct from human person. Monophysitism only one nature: Divine takes over human
God Incarnate
God is one of us. He is our brother. God is loveable. The Son of God loved me and gave himself for me. He gave himself for each one us.
We are worth all the blood of Christ. He loves us with a human heart.
God has a body which is material
Christianity is incarnational. Matter is good. The body is good. Sexuality is good and sacred. Matter is used as instrument of grace
touching hem of his cloak Sacraments of baptism, confirmation.
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life
Adam: man separates from God
Jesus Christ: God unites with man
Lost grace Ignorance
Brought grace -- Life Knowledge ------Truth
Malice/Disordered desire/weakness
Gods reign ------Way
How is the Good News spread
From the very beginning the first disciples burned with the desire to proclaim Jesus Christ in order to lead all to faith in him.
Even today, from the loving knowledge of Christ there springs up in the believer the desire to evangelize and catechize, that is, to reveal in the Person of Christ the entire design of God and to put humanity in communion with him.
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