Incarnation (Christianity)

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/incarnation-christianity

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the key theological concept?The Logos becoming flesh, representing God's ultimate immanence and engagement with creation
2. What is the Incarnation?The Incarnation means that God the Son, also called the Logos, became a real human baby inside the belly of the Virgin Mary, so Jesus was both fully God and fully human.
3. Why did God become a human baby?God became human to show love and to help people, so He could understand what it's like to be human, to suffer, and to help us get closer to God.

Hypostatic Union: The theological doctrine that Jesus Christ is one divine person with two distinct natures, divine and human.
Soteriology: The branch of Christian theology dealing with salvation and the means by which salvation is achieved.
Nicene Christianity: The form of Christianity that adheres to the doctrines established by the Nicene Creed and subsequent ecumenical councils.