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Faith Q&A › My Faith

How can the Incarnation concern only one of the Hypostases without the Father and the Holy Spirit, even though it was said earlier that they are not divided?

The answer

There is no division. This is evident from creation. The sun, for example, has a disk, heat, and light. If you conceal the sun with anything at daytime, you will find that its heat is united to the earth, and remains latent until the coming of the night’s coolness.

The sun is eclipsed, or sets, because it is a creature. God, however, is in all places, and nothing can conceal Him. He fills all places, and governs all things by the simplicity of His divinity. Nothing can contain Him, and this is why the Incarnation became the concern of the Eternal Word, Who cannot be separated from the Father and the Holy Spirit, as is fitting.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II

Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 80–81.

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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.