AN EXPLANATION ON THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION FOR ELAINE
The Mystery of the Incarnation is the Center of the Christian Faith, the Hinge of Our Covenantal Theology, a Revealed and Incomprehensible Activity of the Holy Trinity, and the Economy of Salvation that Transforms the Whole Universe Dear Daughter in Christ, Your question about how you can explain the Incarnation to your Muslim friends touches on the very core of the Christian Faith. “How is it that Christ is fully God and fully Man?” is the question over which the Ancient Church labored, and the Apostles preached, the Martyrs suffered, and the Fathers contended with tears and precision in the Holy Ecumenical Councils. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that the entire life of the whole Church gathered itself around this single confession: Who is Jesus Christ? And the Church, receiving rather than inventing, speaks with a voice at once reverent and exact: “I believe… in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God… God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God… Wh...
