• Incarnation,  Incoherence Charge,  Thomas Morris

    Incarnation: Incoherent?

    Thomas Morris, in his book, The Logic of God Incarnate, outlines the incoherence charge made against the doctrine of the incarnation. The Doctrine of the Incarnation is the belief that Jesus Christ is both God and human.Paul writes, “In him [Jesus Christ] the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily” (Col 2:9). This leads to a number of propositions: Jesus is God, the Son. Jesus is human Jesus is one with the father Jesus is one person Jesus has two natures, one divine, one human.  If we are committed to such a set of propositions we, according to Morris, are committed to the propositions, “Jesus of Nazareth is one and the same individual as God the Son,…