Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance [homoousious] with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer [Theotokos] one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized IN TWO NATURES, WITHOUT CONFUSION, WITHOUT CHANGE, WITHOUT DIVISION, WITHOUT SEPARATION; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person [prosopon] and subsistence [hypostasis], not as parted or separated into two persons [prosopa], but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and as our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the Fathers has delivered to us.
For an excellent reflection on the humanity of Jesus, read Elizabeth Johnson, "The Humanity of Jesus," in Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology (New York: Crossroad, 1991), 19-34. - availbe in the FileBox.
About Me
- Fr. Randolf C. Flores, SVD
- Fr. Randy Flores, SVD, is the current Rector of the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word in the Diocese of Cubao and Director of the Diocesan Biblical Apostolate. He is also Vice Provincial Superior of the SVD Philippine Central Province and Executive Director of the Arnold Janssen Catholic Mission Foundation, Inc. (AJCMFI), which supports educational programs for out-of-school youth through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education. He teaches biblical courses at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City and is a professor at the Divine Word Institute of Mission. He holds a PhD in Theology from the Ateneo de Manila University (2015), a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Loyola School of Theology (2014), a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1999), and an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Divine Word Seminary (1995). He has served as President of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP), Chairperson of the Tagaytay Religious Association (TRA), and Dean of Studies of the Divine Word Seminary. Visit his YouTube channel, Biblical Apostolate PH: https://www.youtube.com/c/biblica
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