Abstract
In the recent literature there has been a spate of essays, articles and
books discussing the question of whether Christ had a ‘fallen’ human
nature. This article offers a new argument for the conclusion that
Christ had a fallen but not sinful human nature that was ‘healed’ of its
fallenness at the moment of assumption by the Word – what we shall
call, the vicarious humanity of Christ view. This account concedes to
the defender of Christ's ‘fallen’ humanity that his human nature is
generated in a fallen state (and immediately cleansed of fallenness in
the act of assumption). And it concedes to the defender of Christ's
sinlessness the claim that Christ is without sin from the first moment
of incarnation. This represents an important via media in the
contemporary debate about this vexed christological topic.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 235-250 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | International Journal of Systematic Theology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 29 Jul 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Jul 2019 |