Subject: Jesus know all things why marvelled? |
Bible Note: Technical is right, Emmaus! I think the problem we've (the church) made for ourselves is the use of the word "person," a word which comes down to us not from the Greek, but Latin (persona- mask) I don't think we know what we mean by it. How can one be fully human without being a human person? We have to know what we mean by person in order to deny personhood to Jesus' humanity. I'm not quibbling about the word person or its origin. I'm talking about its meaning. What does it mean to be a person? If man and person are synonymous, how can we say that Jesus was not a human person? The Second Person of the Trinity became fully man in order to represent fully redeemed man. Again, how can he be fully human (in order to represent us) without being a person? In the way we use the word person, maybe the doctrinal statement should be not two natures, but two persons, one hypostasis. Again, I don't want to quibble about words. What's more important is what we mean by what we say. Jesus is One Christ, fully God and fully man. But this is the subject of another Bible study under another thread. Peace, |