treatise

On the Incarnation of the Word

The foundational Orthodox treatise on the Word made flesh — fifty-seven chapters arguing that the Son of God became human "that we might be made god," restoring the image of God in fallen humanity.

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Source collection

New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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Corpus

1 commentary entries from 1 Father across 1 chapter of Second Peter.

Linked passages

Acts 17:27Acts 26:26Colossians 2:15Deuteronomy 21:23Ephesians 2:141 Corinthians 1:211 Corinthians 2:81 Corinthians 2:91 Peter 2:221 Timothy 6:15Galatians 3:13Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:15Genesis 49:10Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 10:20Hebrews 11:3Hosea 11:1Isaiah 2:4Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 11:10Isaiah 19:1Jeremiah 11:19John 1:3John 10:17-18John 12:32Luke 24:11Matthew 1:23Matthew 26:64Matthew 27:42Numbers 24:5-17Romans 5:142 Corinthians 5:14Wisdom 6:18
The Word became man for our healing

The Word takes what is ours so that our nature, renewed in Him, may be brought back to incorruption and communion with God.

Related passage: John 1:14

Second Peter 1

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Humanity is restored by the Word's union with our nature, so that life in Christ becomes more than moral improvement: it is a real renewal in communion with God.