Intro to Incarnation
St. Paul & the Incarnation
St. Cyril and the Incarnation
100
Incarnation was meant for ______ personally.
ME
100
In 1 Peter 3:18,
Who does St. Peter mean by the Just and the unjust?
Just- Christ
Unjust- Humanity (Us)
100
The young boy in the manger is not merely a man. He is _______.
God
200
Why did we need redemption?
Because our human nature became corrupted
200
Name the Characteristic of the Incarnation:
“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father!’Therefore, you are no longer slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” Galatian 4:4-7
Sonship / Adoption
200
"The divine Christ could neither suffer nor die and therefore, on the cross it was the human Christ alone who suffered and died apart from the divine Christ.”
These are the words of______.
Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople
300
Why didn't God let Adam and Eve die since they were the ones who sinned?
Humanity inherited their corrupted nature
300
What did St. Augustine mean when he said,
“The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly"
It was St. Paul who said this!
1 Corinthians 15:47-49 One of the best verses for this topic
300
T/F:
Christ's divinity and humanity were both created at birth.
False
Christ took our flesh and blood which became united to His pre-existing divinity– John 1:1
400
What psalm is recited on the Nativity Feast Liturgy? Why?
“Mercy and truth have met together” (Psalm 85:10)
God in His love, justice, and holiness wanted to redeem and save humanity.
400
Name at least 3 benefits of the incarnation.
1.We became children to God the Father through adoption.
2.We were freed from the curse of the Law and sin.
3.Our human nature was renewed from corruption.
4.We gained back the image of God on which we were created.
400
We believe in two natures "human" and "divine" that are united in one "without mingling, without confusion, and without alteration" as we say in the Confession at the end of the Liturgy.
Explain each part.
Without mingling- Nature do not mix. Each is distinct (wheat
Without confusion- They do not diffuse
Without alteration- They do not substitute or alternate
500
Find three excerpts that mention/relate the Incarnation? Outside of the bible.
Agpeya Prayers
Fraction to the Son
Prayer of Reconciliation
etc.
500
Thoroughly explain Hebrews 1: 1-4. What is St. Paul saying? Name 2 heretics who did not understand this verse.
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”
Christ is fully God even when He was a boy in the manger.
Arius and Nestorius
500
Explain the Iron and Heat metaphor by St. Cyril.
Think of iron molten in an excessively high degree of heat. In that state the iron and the heat were united into one, and though their substances were two, their union was complete without mixing, nor fusion nor change. No one could either separate or divide them. Such were the two natures of the Son of God.