Part 8: God Became Man – True God and True Man
After the threat of Docetism faded in the first century, the same second century Gnostic sects who pitted the Son against the Father also pitted the physical world against the
After the threat of Docetism faded in the first century, the same second century Gnostic sects who pitted the Son against the Father also pitted the physical world against the
As we recite the words “He was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became man”) something happens in the liturgy that is worth noting. On most days of the year
The Church has always encouraged the faithful to cultivate a loving and filial relationship with Mary. Some Christians are fearful that doing so is a form of idolatry. But there
The Catechism tells us: Mary is a virgin because her virginity is the sign of her faith “unadulterated by any doubt,” and of her undivided gift of herself to God’s
Some people have the notion the Virgin Birth was a sort of divine stunt meant to impress people about Jesus’ bona fides during his public ministry and get them to
At this point, the dogged skeptic might suggest that Joseph never existed and was invented by the apostles too. But this is surely to multiply hypotheses to rescue an increasingly
Continuing our discussion of ancient rejections of the Virgin Birth, we note New Testament instances of this. For instance, in Mark 6:3, for instance, Jesus’ neighbors, incredulous that this common
Since we are on a roll, I thought I would just continue the discussion of the Incarnation of the Son of God by looking at the next chapter in my
Taking all the above as given, it is still worth noting that, from time to time, some theologians have speculated on the question of whether the Incarnation would have happened
Understanding that the core reason for the Incarnation was “for our salvation”, Catholic tradition has teased out four ways this salvation unfolds for us. According to the Catechism (CCC 457-460):
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