Mohammadkazem Rezazadeh Joudi
Volume 10, Issue 38 , July 2014, , Pages 87-102
Abstract
The issue of Incarnation is one of the fundamental beliefs in Christianity on which others principles such as The Holy Trinity or Ransom Theory of Atonement are based. From the beginning, this belief has faced numerous discussions regarding the nature and manner of the unity between human and divine ...
Read More
The issue of Incarnation is one of the fundamental beliefs in Christianity on which others principles such as The Holy Trinity or Ransom Theory of Atonement are based. From the beginning, this belief has faced numerous discussions regarding the nature and manner of the unity between human and divine natures in Jesus Christ, and the language used for understanding it. In this paper, the source of creation for the theory of incarnation and some evidence regarding the human and divine nature of Jesus Christ have been studied. These studies have been carried out by using the main source of Christianity, that is the Holy Book, and also the Chalcedonian Definition. Afterwards, two of the main approaches of Christian scholars, that is True Meaning and Virtual Meaning, have been explained and, in the end, certain criticisms such as obscurity, inconsistency etc. regarding the first approach have been proposed.
