THE 1001 Lecture 15: THEO Chp. 5 #2

• School: St. John's University
• Department: THE - THEOLOGY
• Course: THE 1001
• Professor: Paul D.Molnar

Document Summary

Believed when god became man he did not cease to be divine. In jesus christ god was both man and divine not one or the other: the two (humanity and divinity) do not dissolve into one another (cid:862)t(cid:449)o (cid:374)atu(cid:396)es u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)fused, u(cid:374)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)gea(cid:271)le, u(cid:374)di(cid:448)ided, a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)sepa(cid:396)a(cid:271)le(cid:863) Jesus (cid:449)as o(cid:374)e pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) (cid:449)ith t(cid:449)o (cid:374)atu(cid:396)es = (cid:862)t(cid:396)ue god a(cid:374)d t(cid:396)ue (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863: he was perfect in the sense that he never sinned. Misled to distort god as presented in the nicene faith by making experience criterion for doctrine. Relation to mcfague: both change language of god and redefine sin: m(cid:272)fague says si(cid:374) is a poiso(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of the e(cid:272)osyste(cid:373) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld is god"s (cid:271)ody, a(cid:374)d. Leonard says sin is a passive acceptance of o(cid:374)e"s situatio(cid:374: leonard believes sin is different for those who have power and for those who lack power. In reality of christian faith, sin is creature wanting to be creator; relying on oneself instead of god; and pride.