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9 results for “John 1:14”
Clear searchThe incarnation, the limits of created perspective and the love philosophy could not imagine
…he lowest extreme of reality, furthest from the fullness of intelligible being. (See Note 1.) Christianity announced something no philosophical ascent could have anticipated: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…” — John 1:14 God did not summon us to escape the materi…
Read article →The glory philosophy could not contain
…tudy by Matthew R. Crawford draws attention to a remarkable historical example. (See Note 1.) In the third century, the Platonist philosopher Amelius read—or at least knew—a clear account of the opening of John’s Gospel. He recognised the eternal Word, the creation of all things…
Read article →Why the Son assumed a complete human nature, not merely a body
…divine occupant. Primary passages: Matthew 26:38–39; Luke 2:40, 52; Luke 22:42; Hebrews 2:14–18; Hebrews 5:7–9; Hebrews 10:5–10 --- “A body hast thou prepared me.” Those words from Hebrews 10:5 may be among the first that come to mind when we ask how the Son became man. They are…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
…cripture troubled me: “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.” — Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33 Acts appeared to connect this “begetting” with Christ’s resurrection. That raised an obvious question. If Jesus was begotten when He rose from the dead, did He only then become the Son…
Read article →Why the distinction matters when we speak about Jesus
…ity replace any part of a real human life. “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The eternal Son did not unite Himself to a separate human person. He Himself took our nature and became man. This is why the child born at Bethlehem could be called “The mighty G…
Read article →Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words
…hat Christ do the teacher’s words actually teach the hearer to imagine? Primary passages: John 1:1–3, 14; Luke 2:40, 52; Matthew 26:38–39; Colossians 1:15–17; Philippians 2:5–8; Hebrews 1:1–3; 2:14–18 --- The incarnation is often explained through pictures. God put on humanity as…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
…confession of His deity is treated as a corruption of true monotheism (Surahs 3:45-49; 4:171; 5:72-75; 19:30-36). That is the strongest recognisable form of the Islamic claim. It does not deny that Jesus is remarkable. It denies that anything He says or does removes Him from the…
Read article →Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God
…e else, there is no God beside me” (Isaiah 45:5). Jesus affirms Israel's confession (Mark 12:29), and Paul writes, “there is none other God but one” (1 Corinthians 8:4). The Trinity was not developed to escape those declarations. It protects them. The Son is not a second deity al…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…e appointment of God, conceived in the womb by Mary.” —Ignatius, Letter to the Ephesians, 18 This does not mean that Ignatius possessed every term later used in Nicene theology. It establishes the point necessary here: Constantine did not teach the Church for the first time that…
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