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The soul by consenting to carnal affections had become carnal; hence the eye of the mind had been blinded: then the physician made for thee ointment. He came in such wise, as that by the flesh He destroyed the corruption of the flesh. And thus the Word was made flesh, that thou mightest be able to say, We saw His glory." [9]
Matthew and Luke present Jesus as "Son of God" from the moment of conception and birth, with God taking the place of a human father; John, the last of the gospels, presents the idea that the Christ was pre-existent and became flesh as Jesus – an idea also found in Paul. [73]
Jesus The Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, 6th century AD Born c. 6 to 4 BC [a] Herodian kingdom, Roman Empire Died AD 30 or 33 (aged 33 or 38) Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire Cause of death Crucifixion [b] Known for Central figure of Christianity Major prophet in Islam and in Druze Faith Manifestation of God in Baháʼí Faith Parent(s) Mary, Joseph [c] Jesus ...
The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature": "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God." "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God."
Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It is the conception and the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form [1] or an anthropomorphic form of a god. [2] It is used to mean a god, deity, or Divine Being in human or animal form on Earth.
[9]: 123–37 The earliest depictions of Jesus from the Roman catacombs depict him as free of facial hair. [ 9 ] : 83–121 Historians have speculated that Jesus's ascetic and itinerant lifestyle and work as a tektōn ( Ancient Greek for an artisan-craftsman, typically a carpenter), entailing manual labour and exposure to the elements, affected ...
The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature": "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God."[St. Irenaeus] "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God."[St ...
"The Word", a translation of the Greek λόγος (logos), is widely interpreted as referring to Jesus, as indicated in other verses later in the same chapter. [5] For example, "the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:14; cf. 1:15, 17). John 1:1 from the Ostromir Gospel, with John's Evangelist portrait, 1056 or 1057.