Was Jesus both HUMAN and DIVINE? | Jimmy Akin

What is the hypostatic union? That was the question the cool kids asked in my parish youth group. Jimmy Akin answers this question and distinguishes the difference between the term "separate" and "distinct" in Catholic theology.

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[SheltonDCruz]

Jimmy is correct: Thas why the church teaches that The Body and the Blood of Christ together with His Soul and His Divinity and therefore the Whole Christ are truly present in the Eucharist.

[JoeAboumoussa]

According to the Catechism, when the human soul and body of Christ were separated at death, the divine nature remained united to both until the resurrection brought human soul and body back together in a glorified form. So that may bear weight on the speculation of how his divine essence was united during life. Catechism of the Catholic Church 650: The Fathers contemplate the Resurrection from the perspective of the divine person of Christ who remained united to his soul and body, even when these were separated from each other by death: "By the unity of the divine nature, which remains present in each of the two components of man, these are reunited. For as death is produced by the separation of the human components, so Resurrection is achieved by the union of the two."520

[Mike]

Seems that the problem with the Hypostatic union is that is has our Lord with two natures. His identity for sure was Deity, Logos incarnate. But to say he had two natures causes all kinds of problems and puts us back into the camp of Nestorianism. For example, when we ask how is it that Jesus didn't know the day or hour of his return, the usual reply is that he didn't know in his human nature only. But then why not just jump over into the divine nature and find out? This can't be right. It would also have our Lord pretending to be baby and learn new things. Chalcedon tried to have it both ways but with its paradoxical language in the end gave us Nestorianism. It seems more accurate to say he had a human nature, but was God in spiritual identity. The Logos spirit was transformed into a human spirit. His flesh had the DNA of the Father. Then he was given the Holy Spirit without measure at his baptism and he would have done no miracles as a child. Amen?

[aahlstrom]

The thumbnail is theologically incorrect and should be changed. It is not possible to picture divinity. Saint John of Damascus, among the chief players in the 7th Ecumenical Council that re-iterated how religious art was okay, argued against portraying the divine essence.

[Hypexotic]

This is an interesting idea to fathom because I believe we are all stardust or energy in our basic form of existence. We are just subject to a mind and body for a time being. Perhaps, to experience this world the way God intends. But I believe we move on from this physical body and become one with the universe eventually. As far as Jesus Christ is concerned, he's God! He probably works outside the realm of our knowledge or understanding. He has infinite capability to exist. Nothing i've said about stardust or energy probably applies to christ which brings up other questions. Why did he decide to come down from heaven through the womb? He could've just descended to earth from heaven. But no, it seems like christ suffered a lot while he was on earth. He took on being a human which is baffling. I guess to show that he was God. I kind of lost what I was saying but alright 👍.

[eddyrobichaud]

Genesis 20:4 do not make images statues is a commandment why break it ?

[Boz_-stjt]

Stupid questions? Think your listerners need to study their bibles to find out?