Jesus is the Second Person of the Trinity

[etspiri2sanctus]

Why say this?

Speaking of Jesus’ Resurrection.

Himself the prisoner of death and who, on this same paschal night,
, broke the iron bolts and the bronze locks of death’s prison and arose to become the firstborn from the dead.

What is meant by “the power of God”?

 

[Todd_Easton]

The words you quote, which seem to come from the Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) from the Mass of the Easter Vigil, are simply a poetic way of saying that Jesus Christ truly died (bodily) and then, at his resurrection on the third day, he truly rose (bodily) from the dead, never again to die.

Since human souls are not naturally at liberty to reanimate their lifeless bodies after death, they are sometimes poetically described as being held as prisoners in Death’s prison, behind doors with strong iron bolts and bronze locks. Jesus Christ’s human soul was the first to “break out” of this “prison” and reanimate his lifeless physical body on the third day after his death, never again to die.

Resurrecting a human body from the dead, reuniting a human soul with its body after death, is not a natural human power; it is a supernatural power. Thus, the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is ascribed to “the power of God,” where “God” means all three Persons of the Trinity collectively and each Person of the Trinity individually.

 

[etspiri2sanctus]

The words you quote, which seem to come from the Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) from the Mass of the Easter Vigil, are simply a poetic way of saying that Jesus Christ truly died (bodily) and then, at his resurrection on the third day, he truly rose (bodily) from the dead, never again to die.

Since human souls are not naturally at liberty to reanimate their lifeless bodies after death, they are sometimes poetically described as being held as prisoners in Death’s prison, behind doors with strong iron bolts and bronze locks. Jesus Christ’s human soul was the first to “break out” of this “prison” and reanimate his lifeless physical body on the third day after his death, never again to die.

Resurrecting a human body from the dead, reuniting a human soul with its body after death, is not a natural human power; it is a supernatural power. Thus, the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is ascribed to “the power of God,” where “God” means all three Persons of the Trinity collectively and each Person of the Trinity individually.

Thanks Todd. I am going to have to mull this over. I have just never given it deep thought. I have always visualized Christ rising because He is God, which I think, in essence is what you said.

 

[Todd_Easton]

There are a few paragraphs in the , 648-650Catechism of the Catholic Church, that specifically discusses how Christ’s Resurrection was the work of the three divine Persons of the Trinity acting together as one.

Like Creation and any other divine work, Christ’s Resurrection was accomplished by the power of the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit.

 

[Vince1022]

Why say this?

Speaking of Jesus’ Resurrection.

Himself the prisoner of death and who, on this same paschal night,
, broke the iron bolts and the bronze locks of death’s prison and arose to become the firstborn from the dead.

What is meant by “the power of God”?

Yes, Jesus is the second person of the Trinity.

The “power of God” means the power of God. What more are you looking for?