True humanity
True humanity means possessing a real and complete human nature. In Christian theology, it is especially used to confess that Jesus Christ is fully human as well as fully divine.
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True humanity means possessing a real and complete human nature. In Christian theology, it is especially used to confess that Jesus Christ is fully human as well as fully divine.
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True humanity is the doctrine that a person possesses real and complete human nature. In Christian theology the phrase is used most importantly of Jesus Christ: the Son of God did not merely appear human, but truly became man. Scripture presents Jesus as born, growing, feeling hunger and weariness, suffering, dying, and rising bodily, while also teaching that he was without sin. Orthodox Christology therefore confesses that Christ is fully human and fully divine, with a complete human nature and not a diminished or partial humanity. This truth matters for salvation, because the One who saves us is truly one of us and can faithfully represent humanity in obedience, sacrificial death, and resurrection.