Christ as Composite according to Aquinas
As part of giving an account of the incarnation, Thomas Aquinas states that Christ is a composite person: The person or hypostasis of Christ can be considered in two ways. One way is as something that exists in itself; in this way it is completely simple, as is the nature of the Word. The other way...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2000
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Traditio
Year: 2000, Volume: 55, Pages: 143-157 |
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| Summary: | As part of giving an account of the incarnation, Thomas Aquinas states that Christ is a composite person: The person or hypostasis of Christ can be considered in two ways. One way is as something that exists in itself; in this way it is completely simple, as is the nature of the Word. The other way is as a person or hypostasis to which it is proper to subsist in some nature; in this way, the person of Christ subsists in two natures. Thus, although there is only one subsisting thing in this case, there are nonetheless two principles of subsistence. Thus he can be called a composite person, insofar as he is one thing subsisting in two ways. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900000064 |