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Christology
The second person of the Holy Trinity, the Son of God, begotten before all ages by the Father without a mother, was begotten in time by the Virgin Mary the [[Theotokos]] without a father. He is the [[Logos]], the Word of God, and he became flesh and dwelt among us, as says the beginning of the [[Gospel of John]]. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. This is the doctrine of the [[Incarnation]], that God became a man.
Our Lord Jesus is the ''Theanthropos'', the God-man. He is not half God and half man, nor is he a hybrid of the two. Rather, he is fully God and fully man, perfect in his divinity and perfect in his humanity. He has two natures, joined together in the Incarnation without mixture, division, or confusion. As a result of being fully God and man, he also has two wills, one human will and one divine will to which the human one is submitted. He has two natures yet remains one person, one [[Hypostatic union|hypostasis]].
Jesus is God, the second person of the [[Holy Trinity]]. He is the '''I AM''' revealed to [[Moses]]. He is the way, the truth and the life. He is the God before the ages, come to Earth as a little child and then died on the cross as a man and rose from the dead. He and the Father are one, for he is [[homoousios|consubstantial]] with the Father. During his passion and death on the cross, one of the Trinity suffered in the flesh.
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