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INCARNATION Importance of The Annunciation in + caro, “flesh” it shows the greatness of God “the word made flesh” - Jesus Christ because he paved way for our became incarnate as a...

INCARNATION Importance of The Annunciation in + caro, “flesh” it shows the greatness of God “the word made flesh” - Jesus Christ because he paved way for our became incarnate as a human being salvation (nagkatawang-tao) kung ano winill niya, mangyayari at mangyayari siya The Annunciation to Mary - sinabi ni God knows na magyeyes si Mary Angel Gabriel kay Mary na magkakaroon (he planned everything already) s’ya ng anak and Jesus ‘yung pangalan Dogma of Incarnation: God became flesh Messianic Prophecy - the coming of a messiah and he will save us all God became flesh and dwelt among us Dogma of Immaculate Conception - baby everything came to be because God Mary was conceived without an original sin wanted it for us (she will become the vessel of God and she the promise of God's salvation was will be among us, kaya clean s’ya) fulfilled when he became one of us incarnate: nagkatawang tao ang Annunciation to Joseph Diyos para satin at first ayaw niya kay Mary. Si Why did God become man? joseph unwilling siya so parang nakipag divorce quietly. for our "salvation" and may nagparamdam sa dream niya "reconciliation" with God so sinunod niya kinabukasan - The Logos became part of his ginawa niya yung message sa "work." He shared the human dream and nakipagsama na sha kay condition of life and death and mary healed it from the inside. If he 100% tao si Jesus and naturuan pretended to be human, he could not lang siya thru time and the person represent us before God because he responsible for that is yung parents cannot die by nature. niya. si St. Joseph righteous sya - bcs of sin, our relationship with God kaya alam nia yung mga law and was broken sya tlga pinaka-nagturo kay Jesus - need niya maging totoong tao para Joseph is a silent worker, he simply masave tayo acts. after the annunciation, ginawa for God's love to be known by us niya agad yung sinabi sa dream. - If God did not love us, He would not inalagaan niya si Mary and Jesus give us any value. We would not know how much we mean to God. - kahit tayo ang nagkasala, si God pa rin nagrereach out for us para mapatunayan na mahal niya tayo  for Jesus Christ to be humanity's model of holiness - He expressed in action, suffering, and prayer what it means to be "truly alive." God is easier to follow through Jesus. - he can be holy kahit tao siya, which means na tayong mga tao, kaya rin natin maging holy to still partake in God's divine nature The Christological Councils (heresy - Eternal friendship with the Holy about Jesus Christ) Trinity is possible through Jesus' redemptive work. nagkaroon ng heresy so need ng - gusto niya tayong makasama, kaya hypostatic union to counter and gusto niyang mag-incarnate explain who Jesus Christ really is The Hypostatic Union God is the rational subject and may The Ecumenical Councils 2 natures: Divine and Human >> Council of Nicea the goal of the incarnation is communion Arianism - Taught that the Son God is 100% true God and 100% came to be from things that were not true man and that he was from another united but not mixed - hindi nag substance than that of the Father overlap ang pagiging tao and (homoiousios). (hindi raw divine si pagiging divine ni God Jesus) his humanity is still intact in Him Teaching - the Son of God is while His divinity is still in Him begotten, not made, of the same substance (hindi similar substance but same substance)  - the son is consubstantial with the - christotokos: Mary is only the father mother of Jesus - kaya yung apostles' creed naging - theotokos: Mary is the mother of nicene creed because of this council God ** God the Father and God the Son are ** Jesus is the one incarnate nature of the clearly one, not by a union of Person but by divine Logos, understanding that while a unity of nature. Saint Hilary of Poitiers remaining God, the Logos or Son took on human life. There is union in hypostasis or ** While the Father and the Son are distinct, hypostatic union. – Saint Cyril of the Son belongs to the Father’s substance Alenxandria and is of the same nature as He. Saint Athanasius ** Jesus is a perfect God and perfect man. The two natures are without confusion. >> Council of Constantinople – Saint John of Antioch Apollinarianism - Taught that the Logos replaced the human soul of >> Council of Chalcedon Christ. Jesus was not truly a human being since he lacks a rational soul, Monophysitism (mono: “one”; without a principle of human physis:“nature”) - Taught that individuality,freedom, and action. human nature had ceased to exist Teaching - Christ’s human nature as such in Christ when the divine –complete with operations of person of God's Son assumed it. (isa intellect and will, and human body lang daw talaga ang nature ni Jesus) –belongs to the divine person of the Teaching - The one and the same Son of God who assumed it. (may Lord Jesus Christ is to be rational soul, kaya nga nagkatawang acknowledged in two natures without tao) confusion, change, division, or separation. The distinction between >> Council of Ephesus the natures was never abolished by their union, but rather the character Nestorianism - Claimed that there proper to each of the two natures were two persons in Christ: one was preserved as they came divine and the other human. They together in one person (nasa isang also held that Mary is only subject lang siya and can't be Christotokos, not Theotokos, since a divided, separate, or mixed. two creature cannot give birth to God. natures was preserved as they came Teaching - The Divine Person of the together in one person) Son of God assumed humanity and made it his own, from his conception.Mary truly became the Mother of God by the human conception of the Son of God in her womb (Mary is really theotokos)  - God is at the center of the loving relationship, literally & figuratively. He chose his family (Jesus, Mary, Joseph) God is always the center of this loving relationship We live in original justine and original holiness (we live in so much harmony with our relationship "with God and each other) Lesson from the Nativity Scene The Holy Family as a Builder of Communion madaming symbols and lahat simple lang the king of all kings born this way they lived in such a humble home it is not for people in power, not only (he learned how to be obedient in for people who are rich. you should this place, obedient in his parents learn how to be last and learned to listen to them) the Lord chose to be humble to Mary and Joseph know that they will teach and demonstrate the radical carry the savior/messiah (they did message of the kingdom of God not use them for Jesus to mature, it is a safe place for Jesus to learn the Lesson from the Holy Family of Nazareth important virtue of obedience) The Holy Family is composed of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. - Although Mary and Joseph's faith is in the process of journeying, they provided an environment for the child Jesus to prepare for his public ministry. They take after the Holy Trinity’s "communion of love." The Holy Family as a Training Ground for Vocation & Mission Mary - She also became a good role model - she was responsible in introducing Jesus to his mission (wedding at caña - first miracle that he did, and it’s mary who linked that to him) - alam niyang hindi magiging madali ang mga ito pero hindi niya ini-stop si Jesus na i-fulfill yung mission niya *** He learned to obey the law of nature *** his mental maturity led him to obey and honor his parents *** spiritual maturity - obedience to the Will of the Father (nagawa niya yung plan niya before siya mamatay) Synthesis commitment of mary and joseph to be part of the saving plan of God Joseph incarnation - (hypostatic union) - he - Joseph live a life with God and Mary, is 100% human and 100% divine teaching Jesus to be faithful and communion - he lived a life of obedient obedience and love just like the - Joseph really paved the way for loving relationship of the holy trinity Jesus’ mission (prinipare ni Joseph where God is at the center mga kailangang matutunan ni Jesus preparation to mission - for his future mission) obedience, active silence, humility - tinuruan din niya mag-carpentry si (so he cann fulfill his salvation Jesus promise to us)