Incarnation

Definition

‘The Word became flesh’ — ‘flesh’ means the whole complete person, not the body alone; the Word became a complete man without ceasing to be God, and ‘dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.‘

Episodes

• 002 — Dogmatic Theology — General
• 062 — New Testament — Topic 3
• 121 — Patrology — Topic 9
• 151 — Fundamental Theology — Topic 7. Deism.
• 157 — Fundamental Theology — Topic 13. Biblical and Non-Biblical Witnesses to the Christian Revelation
• 159 — Fundamental Theology — Topic 15. The Falsity of Religious Pluralism
• 209 — New Testament — Topic 26
• 223 — Old Testament — Topic 26

Related Concepts

• Annunciation
• Athanasius
• Body Of Christ
• Christ Hymn
• Christology
• Divine Revelation
• Economy Of Salvation
• Grace
• Historicity Of Revelation
• Hypostatic Union
• John 114
• Kenosis
• On The Incarnation
• Only-Begotten Son
• Preexistence
• Recapitulation
• Resurrection
• Scandal Of Particularity
• Soteriology
• Theotokos
• Trinity
• Two Natures Of Christ

Biblical References

• Song of Songs 2:1 — *The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys. *
• Song of Songs 2:8 — *The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills! *
• Hebrews 10:5 — So when he came into the world, he said,“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.
• Luke 1:26-38 — In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was…
• Luke 2:13-14 — *Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!” *
• Philippians 2:6-11 — * who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. …*