2.10 different understandings of incarnation

• what are beliefs about the incarnation that go against the church?

  ' Jesus is not both fully huam and fully God '
• what documents present Jesus as fully human and fully God?


  Dei Verbum 4 and Verbum Domini 12
• what is believed about Jesus is human if not focused enough on Jesus as God?


  he was just a very good person
• what is believed about Jesus is God if not focused enough on Jesus as human?



  God in disguise
• give a quote and explanation from Dei Verbum 4


  • ' For he sent his son ... so that he might dwell among men and tell them of the innermost being of God '
  • God is revealed and speaks through Jesus. This is possible because Jesus is the son of God ; he brings salvation to all people
• give a quote and explanation from Dei Verbum 4


  • ' Jesus Christ, therefore, the Word made flesh , was sent as a ' man to men' '
  • The son of God became a human to live amongst other humans
• give a quote and explanation from Verbum Domini 12


  • ' ... the eternal word became small - small enough to fit onto a manger. He became a child, so that the world could be grasped by us'
  • word of God limited him self to a human form, so humans could come to understand God
• give a quote and explanation from Verbum Domini 12


  • ' Christ the incarnate crucified and risen word of God is Lord of all things '
  • very human act of dying, led to his resurrection and to his glorification as the word of God