The Incarnation

• Incarnation 


  God becoming flesh, taking human form.
• Conception 


  The moment at which a female becomes pregnant.
• Messiah 


  Anointed one, saviour sent by God.
• Blasphemy: An act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred. Jesus warned against calling him the Messiah as his opponents would have had him arrested for blasphemy.
• Word of God: Jesus Christ - the Word has existed before time so Jesus was born fully divine.
• Nicene Creed Quote on Incarnation: "conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary," Nicene Creed
• Creed 


  A statement of belief.
• Jesus' Knowledge: As God, Jesus' knowledge was unlimited. However, sometimes it appears that Jesus' knowledge was limited (such as when he couldn't perform miracles in his home town as the people there rejected him). Jesus became fully human at incarnation and so had to give up much of his divine knowledge.
• Mother Theresa: Left comfort of the convent to live among the poorest of India. This is imitating the same humility and selfless love that God showed through the incarnation.
• Father Kolbe: Offered his own life to save someone else's in Auschwitz. This is imitating the same humility and selfless love that God showed through the incarnation.