All Too Human
Much dubious Christology derives from the fact that many of us have trouble accepting the spottiness of our own concrete humanity, and loving what God has thus fashioned. In this scenario, perfect human beings demonstrate their perfection by being as unlike us as possible. And so we picture Jesus in such a way that he becomes a living reproach to humanity rather than an easily recognizable expression. By thus elevating him, we unprofitably abase ourselves and create a distance between us and him that defeats the purpose of the incarnation.
-Michael Casey, Fully Human, Fully Divine
During the years of Jesus’ life and ministry and in the few years immediately following his resurrection no one doubted the humanity of Jesus. He was obviously a human being. What people had to come to grips with was his divinity. But soon after, as Christianity began to develop, the opposite problem began to occur. Christians had no problem believing that Jesus was God, but they doubted his humanity. That problem remains with us today.
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