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COMMUNION OF NATURES § 101. Though the two natures personally united in Christ are and remain essentially distinct,1 each retaining its own essential properties or attributes, its own intelligence and will, so that His divinity is not His humanity nor …

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COMMUNICATION OF ATTRIBUTES §102. Though in the person of Christ each nature retains its essential attributes,1  yet each nature also communicates its attributes to the other in the personal union, so that the divine nature participates in attributes of the …

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GENUS IDIOMATICUM § 103. Thus attributes of either nature are ascribed to the entire person of Christ,1  divine attributes are predicated of the concretum of His human nature,2  and human attributes are ascribed to the concretum of His divine nature.3  …

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GENUS MAJESTATICUM § 104. Again, though the human nature in the person of Christ remains truly human, yet all the divine properties and perfections and the honor and glory thereto pertaining 1  are as truly communicated to His human nature, …

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GENUS APOTELESMATICUM § 105. The personal union of the two natures in Christ, the assumption of the human nature by the divine nature in one person, has taken place for the purpose of the salvation of mankind,1 and in the …

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IMPECCABILITY OF CHRIST § 106. While the human nature of Christ was and is at all times truly human, it was at all times free from every taint of original 1 or actual 2 sin and absolutely impeccable,3 and therefore …

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STATES OF CHRIST § 107. Though the human nature of Christ was at all times essentially the same, Christ was not at all times in the same state, but to a certain period of time in a state of humiliation, …

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STATE OF HUMILIATION § 108. The state of humiliation 1 was that state in which Christ, according to His human nature, 2 personally united with His divine nature, voluntarily, 3 and in a measure which was requisite for the performance …

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STAGES OF HUMILIATION § 109. The stages of Christ’s humiliation were his conception, birth, suffering, death, and burial.  

CONCEPTION OF CHRIST § 110. The conception of Christ, by the Holy Ghost, 1 in the virgin Mary, 2 whereby the Son of God 3 assumed a human nature, 4 was the beginning of His humiliation, not 5 inasmuch as …

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