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Incarnation, central Christian doctrine that God became flesh, that God assumed a human nature and became a man in the form of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the second person of the Trinity. Christ was fully God and fully man, and these two natures are unified and distinct.
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The incarnation of Christ (or Incarnation) is the central Christian doctrine that God became flesh, assumed a human nature, and became a man in the form of Jesus, the Son of God and the second person of the Trinity.
1. : the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate. 2. : a particular physical form or state : version. in another incarnation he might be a first vice-president Walter Teller. TV and movie incarnations of the story. 3. a. : a concrete or actual form of a quality or concept.
Dec 7, 2007 · The incarnation refers literally to the in-fleshing of the eternal Son of God — Jesus “putting on our flesh and blood” and becoming fully human. The doctrine of the incarnation claims that the eternal second person of the Trinity took on humanity in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.
Incarnation refers to the act of a pre-existent divine person, the Son of God, in becoming a human being. While all Christians believed that Jesus was indeed the Unigenite Son of God , [5] "the divinity of Christ was a theologically charged topic for the Early Church."
Dec 24, 2016 · 1. The person or active subject of the incarnation is the eternal Son. John 1:14 is clear: “The Word became flesh.” In other words, it was the Son from eternity who became incarnate, not the divine nature.
Dec 25, 2013 · The incarnation means that he who never began to be in his specific identity as Son of God, began to be what he eternally was not” (quoted in John Frame, Systematic Theology, 883). 2. The Incarnation Shows Jesus’s Humility. Jesus is no typical king. Jesus didn’t come to be served. Instead, Jesus came to serve (Mark 10:45).
