Incarnation

“O eternal Word, Word of my God, I wish to spend my life listening to You, I wish to make myself wholly teachable so as to learn all from you… O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, descend upon me so that there comes to be in my soul as it were an incarnation of the word… And you, O Father, stoop down towards Your poor little creature, cover her with Your shadow, see in her only Your Beloved Son in Whom You have been well pleased.” -Excerpts from a prayer of Bl. Elizebeth of the…

Throughout the books The Lucifer Effect and Inside, there is a substantial focus on the state of incarnation, along with narrative accounts that detail the effects of prison. There is a common theme in both of the books that identifies the harmful nature of the prison system, and expounds how a prison can negatively affect the psychological well-being of a prisoner. As detailed by the authors, Zimbardo and Santos, the prison system damages the mental and emotional well-being of the prisoners,…

In the Tennant version of Hamlet, it is the title character that is most distinguished in directorial decisions. Sporadic and energetic, this incarnation of Hamlet lacks the philosophical quality found in the text. The youth of Hamlet is easily read in his behaviors, contemplative but not slow. Tennant’s Hamlet can be particularly distinguished by his interactions with Polonius. Mocking and sharp, Hamlet’s madness can be more easily interpreted as an act when he has back-and-forth conversation…

"Kids for Cash" a riveting documentary about the 2008 “Kids for Cash” scandal, in which two Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judges accepted judicial kickbacks, for the incarceration of juveniles. “Kids for Cash” shocked a nation, and showed all the corruption which can occur within the court system. Two judges, President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Senior Judge Michael Conahan, were convicted of accepting money from Robert Mericle, builder of two private, for-profit youth centers for the detention of…

Jesuit Catholic priest. Hopkins also alludes to Christ in the beginning of the poem by showing lambs racing (line 8). In Christianity, Christ is referred to as the ‘lamb of God’ and this presence of lambs alludes to His presence in the world at the Incarnation where He became human. Furthermore, Jews slaughtered lambs as sacrifices to God in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament thus prefigures Jesus as the ‘lamb of God’ in that He is the sacrifice for the sins of Adam and Eve and of the…

against many doctrines that the Church agrees with. Docetism denies the Incarnation because it is believed that Jesus is an image of God, and God does not need to be made into a human. The belief is based on that “matter was evil, and hence that God would not take on a material body”. Since “Christ was born without any participation of matter”, Jesus is not a true human being but merely an illusion of God. Docetism denials the Incarnation as the human form of God does not exist, thus the birth…

Still according to the Qur’an, as a messenger, Jesus performed many miracles only by the will and permission of the Father Who, on the contrary to Jesus has power and control over all things (5:110). Finally, as far as Jesus’ death is concerned, a first belief is that Jesus was not killed, but instead He was lifted up by the father (Qur’an 4:156-157). A second one claims that Jesus was substituted before ascending to God (Abdullah Yusuf, 1989). Until today, Muslim still believe that the Gospels…

When it comes to Jesus Christ many Christian thinkers and authors use story, metaphor, or parables to express their Christology. Gregory of Nyssa and Julian of Norwich are two examples. Their writings contain an illustration to illustrate the work of Jesus. For Gregory it is fishing and for Julian it is a story of the Lord and Servant. This essay unpacks these exemplifications thus uncovering the authors’ individual beliefs about the saving action of God for humanity through the work of…

The promise of a Redeemer is shown through the incarnation and the public ministry of Christ. In Mary’s fiat and when Christ reveals himself, God’s promise of a Redeemer is fulfilled. The Virgin Mary’s leap of faith saying “yes” to God at the Annunciation gave him the ability to institute his promise. Jesus’ first miracle at the Wedding of Cana when he entered his public ministry put his promise into effect. After committing Original Sin, God told Adam and Eve his promise for human salvation.…

Christ had independent divine and human natures going so far as to suggest “that they were two persons loosely united” (Nestorian, 2016). Cyril was a staunch opponent to Nestorius and responded to his dual nature position by affirming that in the incarnation, while retaining their respective characteristics, “the two natures [were] brought together in true union, there is of both one Christ and one Son” (Allison, 2011, pp.…