{
  "id": "dict_004384",
  "term": "Person of Christ",
  "slug": "person-of-christ",
  "letter": "P",
  "entry_type": "theological_term",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "The person of Christ refers to who Jesus Christ is: one divine person with both a full divine nature and a full human nature. This truth is central to orthodox Christian teaching about Jesus.",
  "simple_one_line": "",
  "tooltip_text": "",
  "aliases": [
    "Christ, Person of"
  ],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "lede_intro": "",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [],
  "description_academic_short": "The person of Christ concerns the identity of Jesus Christ, not merely His work. In orthodox Christian theology, Jesus is one person who possesses both full deity and full humanity. Scripture clearly presents Him as truly God and truly man, though the precise theological formulation was clarified by the church in order to guard biblical truth.",
  "description_academic_full": "The person of Christ refers to the biblical and theological teaching about who Jesus is in Himself. Orthodox Christian teaching confesses that Jesus Christ is one person, the eternal Son of God, who became man without ceasing to be God. He therefore possesses two distinct natures, divine and human, united in one person. Scripture presents Christ as fully divine and fully human, speaking and acting in ways that belong to both natures, yet without dividing Him into two persons or blending His natures into something less than either true deity or true humanity. While later doctrinal terms such as the hypostatic union are not biblical vocabulary, they serve to summarize and protect what Scripture teaches about Christ faithfully and carefully.",
  "background_biblical_context": "",
  "background_historical_context": "",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
  "key_texts_primary": [],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "",
  "theological_significance": "",
  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "",
  "major_views_note": "",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "",
  "meta_description": "The person of Christ refers to who Jesus Christ is: one divine person with both a full divine nature and a full human nature. This truth is central to orthodox Christian teaching about Jesus.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/person-of-christ/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/person-of-christ.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}