JESUS CHRIST: LORD AND SAVIOR (BELIEFS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST)

Question 1

GOD’S SON, THE SECOND PERSON OF THE BLESSED TRINITY, TOOK ON HUMAN FLESH IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST. GOD TOOK ON OUR HUMAN NATURE, BODY AND SOUL. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE DOCTRINE OF INCARNATION. AT HIMSELF AND THIRD HUMAN HISTORY BY BECOMING ONE OF THESE CREATURES, WHILE ALL THE TIME REMAINING THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.

Answer 1

JESUS CHRIST: LORD AND SAVIOR

Question 2

WHY DID THE WORD BECOME FLESH? THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LIST FOUR REASONS:

Answer 2

> SAVE US FROM “SIN”, “DEATH” AND “ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD.”

> “WE MIGHT KNOW GOD’S LOVE” (CCC, 485).

> “TO BE OUR MODEL OF HOLINESS.”

> “TO MAKE US SHARERS IN HIS DIVINE NATURE.”