| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
174 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The Twentieth century encyclopedia of Catholicism, v. 24. Section 2: The basic truths
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| Contents |
I. The word "flesh" in the Bible and early Christian writings -- 1. The Old Testament -- 2. The New Testament -- 3. St. Paul -- 4. The writings of the early Christians -- II. The mystery of the hypostatic union: the crucial problems of Christology -- 1. Errors preceding the great Christological crises of the fifth century -- a. Docetism -- b. Arianism -- 2. The heresy of Nestorius and the Council of Ephesus -- a. Introduction -- b. The dispute -- 3. Eutychus and the Council of Chalcedon -- 4. Western theology of the Word incarnate -- 5. Rationalist philosophy and the mystery of Christ -- a. Socinianism -- 6. Conclusion -- III. The mystery of the hypostatic union: the theological presentation of the mystery -- 1. The hypostatic union and the person of Christ -- a. Different ways of defining personality -- 2. Scholastic terminology -- a. The use of the terms nature and person in Christology -- 3. The hypostatic union itself -- 4. The intricacies of language: the rules governing the communication of idioms -- 5. Table to illustrate the correct and incorrect communication of idioms -- IV. The controversy about the divine purpose of the incarnation -- V. The human nature of the Word -- 1. The weaknesses and infirmities of the body of Christ -- 2. The human soul of Christ -- 3. Christ's human freedom and two wills -- VI. The divine and human activities of the Word Incarnate -- 1. The activities and works of Christ -- 2. The knowledge of Christ -- 3. The knowledge of the beatific vision -- 4. Infused knowledge -- 5. Acquired and empirical knowledge. |
| Note |
Translation of L'incarnation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Subject |
Incarnation.
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