Of God and His Creatures
Of the Incarnation of the Word according to the Tradition of Holy
Scripture
OF all the works of God, the mystery of the Incarnation most transcends
reason. Nothing more astonishing could be imagined as done by God than
that the true God and Son of God should become true man. To this chief
of wonders all other wonders are subordinate. We confess this wonderful
Incarnation under the teaching of divine authority, John i, 14: Phil.
ii, 6-11. The words of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself also declare it,
in that sometimes He says of Himself humble and human things, e.g.,
The Father is greater than I (John xiv, 28): My soul is
sorrowful even unto death (Matt. xxvi, 38): which belonged to Him
in the humanity which He had assumed: at other times lofty and divine
things, e.g., I and the Father are one (John x, 30): All
things that the Father hath are mine (John xvi, 15): which attach
to Him in His divine nature. And the actions that are recorded of Him
show the same duality of nature. His being stricken with fear,
sadness, hunger, death, belongs to His human nature: His healing the
sick by His own power, His raising the dead and effectually commanding
the elements, His casting out of devils, forgiving of sins, His rising
from the dead when He willed, and finally ascending into heaven, show
the power of God that was in Him.
4.26 : That there are only Three Persons in the Godhead, Father and Son and Holy Ghost
4.28 : Of the Error of Photinus concerning the Incarnation