The Incarnation is the belief in Christianity Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ (or Messiah), the Son of God, the Savior, the manifestation of God to humankind (Immanuel), and God (Yahweh or the "Lord") himself that the second person in the Christian Godhead In Christianity, the term Godhead is a form of the word "godhood", and denotes the divine character of the Christian God. The term the Godhead may also be used as a title for God, or the Trinity, also known as the Son or the Logos Logos is an important term in philosophy, analytical psychology, rhetoric and religion (Word), "became flesh" when he was miraculously conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The word Incarnate derives from Latin Latin is an Italic language historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe. Romance languages such as Italian, French, Catalan, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese are descended from Latin, while many other languages which are not descended from Latin, (in=in or into, caro, carnis=flesh) meaning "to make into flesh" or "to become flesh". The incarnation is a fundamental theological The term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "the character of one who speaks or treats of [a certain subject]", or simply "the study of a certain subject". Saint Augustine defined theology as " teaching of orthodox (Nicene) Christianity The Nicene Creed is the creed or profession of faith (Greek: Σύμβολον τῆς Πίστεως) that is most widely used in Christian liturgy. It is called Nicene (pronounced /ˈnaɪsiːn/) because, in its original form, it was adopted in the city of Nicaea by the first ecumenical council, which met there in 325. The Nicene Creed has been, based on its understanding of the New Testament The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christian Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament. The New Testament is sometimes called the Greek New Testament or Greek Scriptures, or the New Covenant. The incarnation represents the belief that Jesus, who is the non-created second person The term person , in common usage means an individual human being. In the fields of law, philosophy, medicine, and others, the term also has specialised context-specific meanings of the triune God, took on a human body and nature and became both man and God. In the Bible The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity its clearest teaching is in the Gospel of John The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament, traditionally ascribed to John the Evangelist. Like the three synoptic gospels, it contains an account of some of the actions and sayings of Jesus of Nazareth, but differs from them in ethos and theological emphases. The Gospel may have been written with an evangelistic, where in chapter 1 verse 14 (abbreviated as "John 1:14"), it says "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us." [1]
In the Incarnation, as traditionally defined, the divine nature of the Son was joined but not mixed with human nature[2] in one divine Person, Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ or occasionally Jesus the Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, and within most Christian denominations he is venerated as the Son of God and as God incarnate. His lineage according to the Gospel of Matthew is of the Tribe of Judah in the nation of Israel and includes King David. His Hebrew- Christ, who was both "truly God and truly man". The Incarnation is commemorated and celebrated each year at Christmas, and also reference can be made to the Feast of the Annunciation The Annunciation is, in Christianity, the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus by the angel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. Some Christian churches celebrate this with the Feast of Annunciation on 25 March, which as the Incarnation is nine months before Christmas; "different aspects of the mystery of the Incarnation" are celebrated at Christmas and the Annunciation [1].
This is central to the traditional faith held by most Christians. Alternative views on the subject have been proposed throughout the centuries (see below), but all were rejected by mainstream Christian bodies.
In recent decades, an alternative doctrine known as "Oneness In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. The general idea of divine simplicity can be stated in this way: the being of God is identical to the attributes of God. In other words, such characteristics as omnipresence, goodness, truth, eternity, etc. are identical to his being, not qualities that make up his" has gained credence amongst various Pentecostal Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity, that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, a Greek term describing the Jewish Feast of Weeks. For Christians, this event commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit groups (see below), but has been rejected by the remainder of Christendom.
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Ken Silva pastor-teacher
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:16:21 GM
Like the mysteries of Trinity and . Incarnation. , panentheism is an ancient theological realization. The Greek Church Fathers referred to the transcendence of God as God s essence (ousia) and the immanence of God as his energies ...
