The Hypostatic Union and Jesus's sacrifice on the Cross

[thunderbolt94]

Hey everyone,

I asked this question on another thread, but I realized that this question would be more suited here.

I had a quick question regarding the Hypostatic union that I was hoping I can get answered. My question is this:

When Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross and died for our sins, does this mean that his humanity was sacrificed, but not his divinity. My understanding of the trinity is this:

The Father is God
The Son is God
The Holy Spirit

And that they are all co-eternal and are all equally God. They are all three persons within one essence with all equal status, in both person and essence (if my understanding is not accurate, please feel free to correct me).

A common objection I hear to Christianity is that since Jesus is God, and Jesus claimed the that “I and the Father are one; no one comes to the Father except through me,” that would imply (at least to the person making the argument), that God sacrificed himself to appease himself. My answer to that objection is that when Jesus came to Earth as the Son, he took on an additional nature, thus having two natures on Earth. He had both his divine nature and his nature, making him both fully God and fully man. Thus, when Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, he sacrificed his human nature, but not his divine nature. Is this accurate? If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

God Bless!

 

[Nelka]

Hey everyone,

I asked this question on another thread, but I realized that this question would be more suited here.

I had a quick question regarding the Hypostatic union that I was hoping I can get answered. My question is this:

When Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross and died for our sins, does this mean that his humanity was sacrificed, but not his divinity. My understanding of the trinity is this:

The Father is God
The Son is God
The Holy Spirit

And that they are all co-eternal and are all equally God. They are all three persons within one essence with all equal status, in both person and essence (if my understanding is not accurate, please feel free to correct me).

A common objection I hear to Christianity is that since Jesus is God, and Jesus claimed the that “I and the Father are one; no one comes to the Father except through me,” that would imply (at least to the person making the argument), that God sacrificed himself to appease himself. My answer to that objection is that when Jesus came to Earth as the Son, he took on an additional nature, thus having two natures on Earth. He had both his divine nature and his nature, making him both fully God and fully man. Thus, when Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, he sacrificed his human nature, but not his divine nature. Is this accurate? If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

God Bless!

I think you have answered it very well.

 

[meltzerboy]

Hey everyone,

I asked this question on another thread, but I realized that this question would be more suited here.

I had a quick question regarding the Hypostatic union that I was hoping I can get answered. My question is this:

When Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross and died for our sins, does this mean that his humanity was sacrificed, but not his divinity. My understanding of the trinity is this:

The Father is God
The Son is God
The Holy Spirit

And that they are all co-eternal and are all equally God. They are all three persons within one essence with all equal status, in both person and essence (if my understanding is not accurate, please feel free to correct me).

A common objection I hear to Christianity is that since Jesus is God, and Jesus claimed the that “I and the Father are one; no one comes to the Father except through me,” that would imply (at least to the person making the argument), that God sacrificed himself to appease himself. My answer to that objection is that when Jesus came to Earth as the Son, he took on an additional nature, thus having two natures on Earth. He had both his divine nature and his nature, making him both fully God and fully man. Thus, when Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, he sacrificed his human nature, but not his divine nature. Is this accurate? If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

God Bless!

According to my understanding of Catholic theology, the divine spirit of Jesus left his body at the moment of death, so that His human nature died. However, His divine nature did not die. I also believe, based on Catholic teaching, that the body of Jesus after death and before resurrection still represented G-d Incarnate. However, I may be incorrect on this point.

 

[Nita]

According to my understanding of Catholic theology, the divine spirit of Jesus left his body at the moment of death, so that His human nature died. However, His divine nature did not die. I also believe, based on Catholic teaching, that the body of Jesus after death and before resurrection still represented G-d Incarnate. However, I may be incorrect on this point.

It was His human spirit/soul that left His body at the time of death – not the Divinity of the Son.
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1P.HTM
CCC #626 Since the “Author of life” who was killed is the same "living one [who has] risen, the divine person of the Son of God necessarily continued to posess his human soul and body, separated by death:
In other words, the Second Person of the Trinity remained united to both the human body of Jesus and the human soul of Jesus when they were separated from each other in death.