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GOD LOVES YOU{{quote | text={{web_verse|john|1|1}} ... {{web_verse|john|1|14}} (Extracts from [[John 1]])}} {{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Nature of Christ | subtopics = [[Christology]]* [[Jesus: Our Lord and God]]* [[Jesus: The man]]* Heresies - [[Nestorianism]], [[Arianism]], [[Monophysitism]], [[Miaphysitism]]* [[Character of God]]* [[Trinity]] |opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}* [[Jesus' two natures (CARMPedia)]]* [[The True Jesus (carm)]] |}} The [[Bible]] tells us that [[Jesus]] is [[God]] in human flesh ([[John 1:1]] and [[John 1:14]]). This doctrine is called the hypostatic union and was especially defined by the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451 AD. Jesus is not half God and half man. He is fully divine and fully man. Understanding this completely is not possible in this life. ===Christological Controversies of the 4th and 5th century=== Disagreements regarding Christ's nature have occurred since the times of the early church causing considerable tension at times. The disagreements have included [[Nestorianism]] in which Jesus is considered to not only have two natures but essentially two persons and [[monophysitism]] where Jesus is thought to have only one nature. ====[[Arianism]]==== Arianism was one of the earliest major Christological heresies to arise. [[Arius]], in the third century BC, taught that Jesus was human, but not divine. This issue was addressed at the [[Council of Nicea]] and refuted. It was argued by church leaders that if Christ was not fully divine and sinless, then how could he offer a perfect sacrifice. Passages such as [[John 1:1]] were called upon as Biblical evidence of Jesus' deity. Today, Arianism still exists. In religions such as [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and [[Christadelphianism]], Jesus is not believed to be God. ====[[Nestorianism]]==== ====[[Monophysitism]]==== ==Quotes== ==Links==* [http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddn4v5jr_42f2qhbn Essay on Christological Controversies of Fifth Century] {{returnto}} [[Jesus Christ]] | [[Christian doctrine and debates]]
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