Christology · Intermediate
One Person, Two Natures
Christ is fully God and fully man in one person, without the natures being mixed, changed, divided, or separated.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
Show from John 1:14, Philippians 2:6-8, Colossians 2:9, and Romans 1:3-4 that Christ is one person with a complete divine nature and a complete human nature.
2
Define person, nature, and the hypostatic union, and read the Gospels' statements about Christ in light of them.
3
Explain how Nestorianism, Eutychianism, and Apollinarianism each lose part of the biblical Christ.
4
Explain why the Son veiled His deity but never laid it aside, and why the Saviour must be both God and man.
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