Person of Christ
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.
At a Glance
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.
Description
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.