Fallenness and anhypostasis: a way forward in the debate over Christ's humanity

The doctrine of the incarnation suggests that Christ is necessarily like us in some respects, and also unlike us in others. One long-standing debate in modern christology concerns whether Jesus’ human nature ought to be regarded as ‘fallen’ – as conditioned by the effects of the Fall – despite the f...

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Main Author: Sumner, Darren O. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-212
Further subjects:B Karl Barth
B Impeccability
B Christology
B fallenness
B Sin
B Humanity
B two natures
B Oliver Crisp
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