Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ
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- If Jesus Christ’s Divinity did not part from His Humanity not for a single moment nor a twinkling of an eye, then: How then did He die and was buried in the tomb? While…
- Was the Lord Jesus Christ fully divine and fully human in nature?
- I know our Lord Jesus Christ was only divine before incarnation, both divine and human at incarnation, so is our Lord Jesus Christ now both divine and human in heaven?
- Why did our Lord Jesus Christ call God the Father "greater than Him"? Aren’t they united and equal? Doesn’t being on earth, and going again to His Father entail being in…
- Does not our Lord Jesus Christ’s prayers on the cross imply diophysis?
- Did our Lord Jesus Christ have all the three components of any human body: body, soul and spirit? What was the role of the Holy Spirit then?
- Who felt the pain on the cross? Is it only the human nature of Christ, or both human and divine? Can we legitimately think of two natures to Christ or just one united…
- I understand that St. Cyril viewed the word Physis, or "nature" as being equivalent to Ousia and Hypostasis as being equivalent to Prosopon, or "person". I don't…
- Could Your Grace please explain the words of St. Cyril of Alexandria, "In His own nature, Jesus suffers nothing, for as God, He is bodiless and lies entirely outside of…
- Since I am Eastern Orthodox, I would love to have some information on the nature of Christ. This is something that I must admit I do not understand. It may be beyond my…
- Does it means that Christ's divine nature also died with his human nature since they are completely united??
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