Four Adverbs

Definition

The conciliar adverbs—‘no division, no change, no partition, no confusion’—define how the two wills and operations coexist in the one person of Christ without mixture or separation.

Episodes

  • Hypostatic Union Without Confusion

Biblical References

  • Philippians 2:8 — *He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross! *
  • John 5:21 (cf. the ‘life-creating activity’ language) — *For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. *