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The One Incarnate Nature of Christ

Posted on 19 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“We say that there is one Son, and that he has one nature even when he is considered as having assumed flesh endowed with a rational soul” (On the Unity of Christ, p. 77; my emphasis). We first note the … Continue reading →

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The Unicity of the Incarnate Word

Posted on 18 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Few theologians in the Christian tradition have asserted the unicity of the God-Man as strongly as St Cyril of Alexandria. God the Word has made humanity his own, he declares again and again, not by the assumption of an already … Continue reading →

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Against Asymmetrical Christology: A Critical Review of Rowan Williams’s ‘Christ the Heart of Creation’

Posted on 4 August 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Jordan Daniel Wood, Ph.D. I When I first met him, he had just given a talk on St. Teresa of Avila, I think. I waver because I had brought along my 18-month old daughter and, well, she wasn’t as … Continue reading →

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St John of Damascus and the Incarnation

Posted on 5 May 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“John Damascene’s presentation of the Incarnation,” writes Charles  Twombly, “is insistent at the outset on two claims: Christ’s human nature is real and complete; and the person of the united humanity and divinity is God and not a human or … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ: a god or just a demi-god?

Posted on 28 March 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The answer, of course, is neither. When the catholic doctrine of the Incarnation is discussed with non-Christians (and sometimes even with fellow Christians), the doctrine is often interpreted as the assertion that Jesus enjoys the status of a demigod. Precisely … Continue reading →

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Chalcedon Visits Wonderland, or Why Jesus Ain’t Thor

Posted on 7 February 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Over at Open Orthodoxy Tom Belt has launched a series of articles criticizing the kenotic christology of Greg Boyd. I am not well acquainted with Boyd’s writings, but Tom’s article did inspire me to take a look at his article … Continue reading →

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