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__NOTOC__{{quote | text=In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God{{web_verse|john|1|1}} ... The Word became flesh, and lived among us... {{web_verse|john|1|14}} (Extracts from [[John 1]])}}
==''Synopsis== :'' 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. ==Contents==
* [[Jesus' two natures (CARMPedia)]]
* [[The True Jesus (carm)]]
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==Article==
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.
===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]]====
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==Links==
[http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddn4v5jr_42f2qhbn Essay on Christological Controversies of Fifth Century]
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