bathroom learning
Inappropriate title for a blogpost that is supposed to be about faith. Anyway, I just read a passage from a book in our washroom that discusses the universality of Catholicism. (I will deliberately NOT make mention of the circumstances surrounding that reading session; I'm sure you already know, you silly, silly non-existent readers!) Being catholic is being universal. The opposite of catholic is not protestant nor muslim nor hindu...it is isolation. Fantabulous. Intergalactic.
Another topic randomly entered my head right now. I once attended a doctrine class that dealt with the multiple natures of Christ and the Holy Trinity. This is the mystery of our faith. God with three persons and one nature is really difficult to comprehend and I still can't explain it (a priest friend once admitted that he's always intimidated about delivering a homily about the Holy Trinity). Fortunately, I was able to slightly understand the necessity of Christ (one person) to have two natures (divine and human):
Okay, here goes. Humans have offended God so that humans must then pay for the offenses (sins). Now, the only way full payment can be achieved is if the indebted is of equal nature to the one who has been offended. So, Christ must therefore be human and divine at the same time. Whether these two natures interact with each other is another question. What I understood was that these natures were independent. Christ performing miracles is Christ as divine. Christ being hungry and tested by the devil those 40 days and nights in the desert is Christ as human. Christ raising Himself up from the dead is Christ as divine. Christ dying on the cross is Christ as human. Basically, Christ performed all that He did to fulfill what has been prophesied. He CHOSE to do the things He did, because it was the Father's will.
Christ was obedient. And He was perfect.
Another topic randomly entered my head right now. I once attended a doctrine class that dealt with the multiple natures of Christ and the Holy Trinity. This is the mystery of our faith. God with three persons and one nature is really difficult to comprehend and I still can't explain it (a priest friend once admitted that he's always intimidated about delivering a homily about the Holy Trinity). Fortunately, I was able to slightly understand the necessity of Christ (one person) to have two natures (divine and human):
Okay, here goes. Humans have offended God so that humans must then pay for the offenses (sins). Now, the only way full payment can be achieved is if the indebted is of equal nature to the one who has been offended. So, Christ must therefore be human and divine at the same time. Whether these two natures interact with each other is another question. What I understood was that these natures were independent. Christ performing miracles is Christ as divine. Christ being hungry and tested by the devil those 40 days and nights in the desert is Christ as human. Christ raising Himself up from the dead is Christ as divine. Christ dying on the cross is Christ as human. Basically, Christ performed all that He did to fulfill what has been prophesied. He CHOSE to do the things He did, because it was the Father's will.
Christ was obedient. And He was perfect.
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