The answer
We must realise that the divinity is not limited by the humanity. It is not limited by place, and even though it fills all things and is present in all of creation, it is distinct from them in essence.
It is like the glass of the lamp, which does not restrict its light, but we rather find the rays of light coming forth from the lamp in all directions without restriction. The humanity, likewise, does not restrict the Divine Light.
To elaborate further on the answer, we provide the following examples to approximate it for the mind:
- ❖ Air surrounds the planet Earth, but it is also in the lungs of all human beings.
- ❖ The union of God and man is like the union of heat and water in hot water.
- ❖ It is also like the union of electricity and wire in the electric wire.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 75–76.
The pages in the book (75–76)
