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Faith Q&A › My Faith

If that is the case, then how can these four traits be found in one person?

The answer

The only way is for God to deign and to take the form of man, uniting God and man in one, where all these traits may come together in Him. It is only in the Person of the Master Christ that this is fulfilled, because:

In His humanity, He is a human being, and is susceptible to death (traits A and B).

In His divinity, He is without sin, and is infinite (traits C and D).

Of course, angels are not fit, for an angel is not a human being, and is limited.

Also, man is not fit, for there is no man without sin, who would be able to redeem other, and he is also limited.

So, God was manifested in the flesh in the man Jesus Christ in order to lift the judgement of death which was because of the sin of the First Adam. He came in the flesh to change the corruption of man to incorruption.

He alone is the Saviour, and because He is man, He took on the trait of incircumscription on account of the union of the divinity and the humanity, thus fulfilling in Himself the traits of the Redeeming Saviour.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II

Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 67–68.

The pages in the book (67–68)Page 67 of the bookPage 68 of the book

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed. Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Cairo; printed at Saint Mena Monastery Press, Maryut, Egypt. ISBN 978-977-344-149-7.