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To: MarkBsnr
Would you happen to have a good source that I could link to?

Mark, the subject was Christ's perfect obeidnece in his human nature to his divine nature. I am not sure what is there not to understand. The only way for a man not to sin is to be in perfrect obedience to God's law. Therefore, he did't do what his human nature tempted him to do but what his divine nature demaneded. This way his human character becomes transparent, invisible, and all we see is him acting out his divine will. When does he act out his human will contrary to his divine will?

I've read from a number of sources and still don't quite get it. Not saying that it is not so, definitely not, but I don't quite get it

The Church defined orthodox Chrisitlogy at the Council of Chalcedon (5th century). One Person, tewo natures, two wills, one divine and another one human. Chirst is in perfect harmony with his natures, which are unconfused but inseparable (hypostatic union).

No one can say they "understand" it.

2,228 posted on 06/28/2010 6:06:31 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: kosta50
Mark, the subject was Christ's perfect obeidnece in his human nature to his divine nature. I am not sure what is there not to understand. The only way for a man not to sin is to be in perfrect obedience to God's law. Therefore, he did't do what his human nature tempted him to do but what his divine nature demaneded. This way his human character becomes transparent, invisible, and all we see is him acting out his divine will. When does he act out his human will contrary to his divine will?

Kosta, one of the things that we learn is that Jesus' human and divine will are in harmony. If the human nature is in subservience to the divine will, how is that harmony? How is that perfectly human and perfectly divine? As I said, I don't quite understand it. The Church has proclaimed, and therefore it is, but I don't quite get it. And that bugs me, the engineer. I like to get it...

No one can say they "understand" it.

Okay...

2,233 posted on 06/28/2010 6:27:41 PM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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