#REDIRECT {{quote | text=In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... The Word became flesh, and lived among us... (Extracts from [[John 1]])}} {{summary | text=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. 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.}} {{overview}} {{topics}}* [[Christology]]* [[Jesus: Our Lord and God]]* [[Jesus: The man]]* Heresies - [[Nestorianism]] | [[Arianism]] | [[Monophysitism]]* [[Character of God]]* [[Trinity]] {{opinions}} {{quotes}} {{returnto}} [[Jesus Christ]] | [[Christian doctrine and debates]]