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Incarnation
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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Incarnation. The Christian doctrine of the Incarnation affirms that the eternal Son of God took flesh from His human mother and that the historical Christ is at once fully God and fully man. It asserts an abiding union in Christ's Person of Godhead and manhood without the integrity or permanence of either being impaired, and it assigns the beginnings of this union to a definite and known date in human history.
The doctrine took shape under the influence of the controversies of the 4th–5th cents. (see
CHRISTOLOGY); it was formally defined at the Council of
Chalcedon in 451. Within the limits of the Chalcedonian Definition, however, discussion continued. In the Middle Ages a much disputed (but never settled) point was whether the Incarnation would have occurred but for the
Fall.
The doctrine of the Incarnation raises questions of the relation of time and eternity, of finitude and infinity. Some modern theologians have seen in it the religious expression of the essential relatedness of man and God. Others have sought to interpret it in terms of moral value, and have seen the essence of Christ's Divinity in the conformity of His human will with that of God. Some have even questioned the appropriateness of the concept of Incarnation for expressing the salvific significance of Jesus.
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Incarnation
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Incarnation. By Gerald O'Collins. New Century...99 (paper); $28.95 (paper). Incarnation, a volume in the New Century Theology...reads as an extended meditation on the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Written in a clear...
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Incarnation works.(M.E.M.O.)(Column)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...around Christmas: "Liberals argue that incarnation doesn't work." This formulation...actually printed: "Liberals argue that incarnation doesn't work." Conservatives often...think about the meaning of the divine incarnation that we are about to celebrate. Incarnation...
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Incarnation theology aids victims in real world
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Christmas story, they say, is about incarnation - God becoming human as the baby Jesus...College and has co- edited a book on incarnation. "The vast majority of Christians...Faith: A Skeptic's Journey," the incarnation "is the central metaphor of Christianity...
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Itineraire mystique d'une femme: rencontre avec Marie de l'Incarnation, ursuline.
Magazine article from: Historical Studies; 1/1/1996; 700+ words
; ...CEMI ou Centre d'Etudes Marie de l'Incarnation, l'exemple lyonnais peut servir de...diffuser les connaissances sur Marie de l'Incarnation, sa spiritualite et son influence dans...documents et archives sur Marie de l'Incarnation conserves au monastere des Ursulines...
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Incarnation.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Hollins Critic; 12/1/1990; ; 697 words
; Incarnation. Edited by Alfred Corn. New York: Viking Penguin. $19.95 (h.b.) Incarnation is a first rate collection of essays by...have a bible on hand while reading through Incarnation. The editor of the book, Alfred Corn...
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By Grace Came the Incarnation: A Social History of the Church of the Incarnation, Murray Hill, New York, 1852-2002
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...SHERYL A. KUJAWA-HOLBROOK. By Grace Came the Incarnation: A Social History of the Church of the Incarnation, Murray Hill, New York, 1852-2002. New York, New York: Church of the Incarnation, 2004. Pp. xv + 345, bibliography, appendices...
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Incarnation and Resurrection: Toward a Contemporary Understanding.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; INCARNATION AND RESURRECTION: TOWARD A CONTEMPORARY...theologians who fail to correlate closely the Incarnation and Resurrection will inevitably compromise...provides the template for the thesis. The Incarnation is a sovereign, free act of God, a...
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Contemplation and Incarnation: the Theology of Marie-Dominique Chenu.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; CONTEMPLATION AND INCARNATION: THE THEOLOGY OF MARIE-DOMINIQUE...English. With Contemplation and Incarnation, Potworowski has remedied that situation...experience of every believer, and "incarnation" is a dynamic enfleshment of the...
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Infelix culpa: Milton's Son of God and the incarnation as a fall in Paradise Lost.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the centrality of the concept of the Incarnation in Christian doctrine, it is perhaps...Christian thinkers. The OED defines the Incarnation of God in Christ as the "investiture...the only entry pertaining to divine incarnation listed in the OED that details the meaning...
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The Incarnation: an Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Incarnation of the Son of God.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Christianity are the Trinity and the Incarnation, and it is not only important but stimulating...disciplines take on the major doctrine of the Incarnation. While the variety of topics and individual...easy." "Aquinas' Metaphysics of the Incarnation" by Eleonore Stump is an intellectual...
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Incarnation
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Incarnation From the Latin noun caro, or carnis, meaning "flesh," the term incarnation was appropriated by Christianity to designate...human history and the created universe. The incarnation of God implies for believers not only that...
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Marie De L'Incarnation (1599–1672)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
MARIE DE L'INCARNATION (1599 – 1672) MARIE DE L'INCARNATION (1599 – 1672), French mystic and missionary. Marie Guyart of the Incarnation was a leading figure of the Catholic mission to the Amerindians of New France...
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incarnation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
incarnation the assumption of human form by a...often kings or priests, were divine incarnations. India and Egypt were especially rich in forms of incarnation in men as well as in beasts. Incarnation is found in various phases of Greek...
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l’Incarnation, Marie de (1599-1672)
Book article from: American Eras
Marie de l ’ Incarnation (1599-1672) Businesswoman...France. Marie de l ’ Incarnation exemplifies the mark an energetic...religious name Marie de l ’ Incarnation, and for the next few years she...
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Incarnation, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Incarnation, the in Christian theology, the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ; the word comes ultimately from ecclesiastical...
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