In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
A great many articles of the
Christian Faith are difficult to understand. We confess many of these
things simply to be mysteries – concepts beyond the scope and privy
of the human mind. One could make great lists of all the mysteries
beyond reason, but let us consider briefly a few.
The two natures of Christ is a
great and mysterious subject within the hallowed halls of theology.
In one person coexists 100% God, begotten of the Father from
eternity, and 100% Man, born of the Virgin Mary. The two are not
mixed into some third peculiar substance, but neither are they
completely untouched by each other, as though merely two boards glued
to each other. How did God become Man? How does the divine nature
relate to the human nature? These are questions which have sprouted
some of the most despicable heresies in history, but to which there
is no real answer – only confession of the reality revealed in
Scripture.
