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THE INCARNATION

Theology 101


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Good News: Jesus

God saves

No other name by whichwe can be saved.

JPII: We are not saved by aformula 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 infinitelygreat

Why God became man? to reconcile sinners

to have us learn of Gods infinite love:

I thirst.

to be our model of holiness: Love oneanother as I have loved you: total self-gift.

to make us partakers of the divine

nature (2 Peter 1:4). The Son of Godbecame man so that we might becomeGod. St. Athanasius

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Mystery of Incarnation

union of the divineand human natures in

the one divine Personof the Word

Jesus: One Person,Two Natures: God andMan

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Union of two natures in oneperson

Person - WHO? individualsubject or hypostasis. TheI. Ego.

Nature or essence WHAT? thewhat of something. Determineswhat he can do: Principle ofoperation

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 manyIs?

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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 theBible calls her the Mother of Jesus?

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The actions of Jesus Christ are theactions of God.

Actiones sunt suppositorum: theactions belong to the person.

Actions of Jesus have infinite value Even the most ordinary actions

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THE HYPOSTATIC UNION: God unitedhuman nature to his person

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Second Person of Trinity

(The Word)Divine Nature

(Father)Eternal

Procession

In Time:

IncarnationHuman Nature(Created)

(Jesus Christ)

AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH: God took on human nature


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Life of Christ is a Revelation

In the body of Jesus "we seeour God made visible and soare caught up in love of the

God we cannot see."

He who sees me sees theFather (Jn 14:9)

Everything he did is for oursalvation.

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Two Natures:fully God, fully man

Divine Nature

Divine Intelligence

knows everything

Divine Will

- Omnipotent

Pure Spirit

Human Nature

Soul

Human intelligence

- learned little bylittle

Human will

- freedom powerto act or not

Body: emotions.matter


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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.


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Heresies on Christ

Docetism his body is not real. Onlyan appearance.

Nestorianism two persons twonatures. Person of the Word isdistinct from human person.

Monophysitism only one nature:Divine takes over human


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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 ofChrist.

He loves us with a human heart.


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God has a body which ismaterial

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.


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I am the Way, the Truth and the LifeAdam:

man separates fromGod

Lost grace

Ignorance

Malice/Disordereddesire/weakness

Jesus Christ:

God unites with man

Brought grace -- Life

Knowledge ------Truth

Gods reign ------Way


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How is the Good News spread

From the very beginning the first disciplesburned with the desireto proclaim JesusChrist in order to lead all to faith in him.

Even today, from the loving knowledge ofChrist there springs up in the believer thedesireto evangelize and catechize, that is,to reveal in the Person of Christ the entiredesign of God and to put humanity incommunion with him.

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