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12 claims in this doctrine
Christology
ST I, Q75, A1: Whether the Soul Is a Body
Aquinas argues that the human soul is not a body but is the form (first principle of life) of the body. The…
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Christology
ST I, Q76, A1: Whether the Intellectual Principle Is United to the Body as Its Form
Aquinas argues that the intellectual soul — the principle by which we think — is not separate from the body but is…
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Christology
ST III, Q1, A1: Whether It Was Fitting for God to Become Incarnate
Aquinas opens the Tertia Pars by asking whether the Incarnation was fitting. He argues that it was supremely fitting, since what belongs…
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Christology
ST III, Q2, A1: Whether the Union of the Incarnate Word Took Place in the Nature
Aquinas addresses the central Christological question: how are the divine and human natures united in Christ? He argues that the union did…
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Christology
The Council of Nicaea is clear that the Son is not a creature — Arius is wrong that there was a time when the Son was not
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Christology
Leo I teaches the two-natures doctrine in the Tome — Chalcedon endorses it as the voice of Peter
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Christology
Christ is one person with two natures — fully divine and fully human — without confusion or separation
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Christology
Christ is homoousios — of the same substance as the Father — not a lesser or created divine being
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Christology
Athanasius defends homoousios against the Arian majority — the entire council cannot override the truth
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Christology
The Virgin Mary is rightly called Theotokos — God-bearer — because the one born of her is truly God
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