The answer
The death of Christ means that His human spirit was separated from His body, and not that His divinity was separated from His humanity.
Divinity does not die. The death pertains only to humanity, for it is a separation of the two parts of humanity, i.e. the spirit and the body, with the divinity being separated for the two parts of humanity.
His Spirit was separated from His body, but His divinity parted not from His spirit or His body.
- ❖ Prior to death, His divinity was united to the spirit and body of Christ (humanity) without any separation between them (the spirit and the body).
- ❖ During death, the divinity was united to the spirit and body of Christ, while being separated from one another (separation of spirit and body). After death, the divinity was united to the spirit and body of Christ, which had been restored to each other (the spirit was restored the body once more).
The divinity did not ever part from the humanity either prior to death, during, or after it.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 100–101.
The pages in the book (100–101)
