CHRISTS UNITY WITH THE FATHER
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Now Christ has a duality of nature. Further, as accidental form makes a thing otherwise [alterum] so does substantial form make another thing [aliud] as Porphyry says Praedic. Now in Christ there are two substantial natures , the human and the Divine. On the contrary, Boethius says De Duab. Therefore Christ is one. I answer that, Nature , considered in itself, as it is used in the abstract , cannot truly be predicated of the suppositum or person , except in God , in Whom "what it is" and "whereby it is" do not differ, as stated in I: But in Christ , since there are two natures , viz.
But the human nature cannot be predicated of Christ in the abstract , but only in the concrete, i.
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For we cannot truly say that " Christ is human nature ," because human nature is not naturally predicated of its suppositum. But we say that Christ is a man, even as Christ is God. Now God signifies one having the Godhead, and man signifies one having manhood.
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Yet one having manhood is differently signified by the word "man" and by the word "Jesus" or "Peter. Now the dual number is placed in Christ with regard to the natures.
Pius l II, Const. Assignatos sibi greges singuli singulos Christi nomine pascunt et regunt. Then in Ephesians 4: Therefore, all the faithful of Christ are invited to strive for the holiness and perfection of their own proper state. By these gifts He makes them fit and ready to undertake the various tasks and offices which contribute toward the renewal and building up of the Church, according to the words of the Apostle:
Hence, if both the natures were predicated in the abstract of Christ , it would follow that Christ is two. But because the two natures are not predicated of Christ , except as they are signified in the suppositum, it must be by reason of the suppositum that "one" or "two" be predicated of Christ.
Now some placed two supposita in Christ , and one Person, which, in their opinion, would seem to be the suppositum completed with its final completion. Hence, since they placed two supposita in Christ , they said that God is two, in the neuter. But because they asserted one Person, they said that Christ is one, in the masculine, for the neuter gender signifies something unformed and imperfect, whereas the masculine signifies something formed and perfect.
But since we maintain one person and one suppositum in Christ , as is clear from III: Reply to Objection 1. This saying of Augustine is not to be taken as if "both" referred to the predicate, so as to mean that Christ is both; but it refers to the subject. And thus "both" does not stand for two supposita, but for two words signifying two natures in the concrete.
For I can say that "both, viz. God and Man, are God " on account of God Who assumes; and "both, viz. God and Man," are Man on account of the man assumed. Reply to Objection 2. When it is said that " Christ is one thing and another," this saying is to be explained in this sense—"having this nature and another. Yet they are not one and another: This is false , " Christ is only man "; because it does not exclude another suppositum, but another nature , since terms placed in the predicate are taken formally.
But if anything is added whereby it is drawn to the suppositum, it would be a true proposition—for instance, " Christ is only that which is man. But it does follow: When it is said, " Christ is something that the Father is"; "something" signifies the Divine Nature, which is predicated even in the abstract of the Father and Son. But when it is said: Hence it does not follow that Christ is one thing and another, or that He is two, since the suppositum of the human nature in Christ , which is the Person of the Son of God , does not reckon numerically with the Divine Nature, which is predicated of the Father and Son.
Reply to Objection 5.
Article 1. Whether Christ is one or two?
In the mystery of the Divine Trinity the Divine Nature is predicated, even in the abstract of the three Persons; hence it may be said simply that the three Persons are one. But in the mystery of the Incarnation both natures are not predicated in the abstract of Christ ; hence it cannot be said simply that Christ is two.
Reply to Objection 6. Two signifies what has duality, not in another, but in the same thing of which "two" is predicated. Now what is predicated is said of the suppositum, which is implied by the word "Christ. Reply to Objection 7. Otherwise implies diversity of accident. Hence diversity of accident suffices for anything to be called "otherwise" simply.
Article 2. Whether there is only one being in Christ?
But "another thing" implies diversity of substance. Now not merely the nature , but also the suppositum is said to be a substance , as is said Metaph.
So if Herod and Pilate are unified by their common scorn for Jesus (Luke ), this is not a good unity. But if Paul and Silas sing together in. Jesus Prays for All Believers - “My prayer is not for them alone. as we are one — 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity.
Hence diversity of nature does not suffice for anything to be called "another thing" simply, unless there is diversity of suppositum. But diversity of nature makes "another thing" relatively, i.
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Whether there is only one being in Christ? They do the same, not similar things. The same Jesus stands in the midst of us and says, "Wilt thou be made whole? Love is the expression of the Father's feeling toward the Son. He communicates Himself to the Son and makes Him His counsellor.
Question 17. Christ's unity of being
This relation Christ made known that they might marvel — admire God's glorious manifestation of Himself and give Him glory. Resurrection and quickening, including no doubt the physical, but referring mainly to the spiritual process.
Sin, as a frightful incubus, rests on the soul exerting its paralysing influence. This spiritual death is chased away. New life is imparted. Death implies previous life. A tree cut down and withered is different from a stone. In Adam the soul died; when the Son quickens a new and more glorious life is communicated.