Theology questions

[lmpdoris]

Did Jesus get his human nature from elements of the human nature(s) of the blessed virgin Mary (and Saint Joseph), through God working in a miraculous way? If not, did God simply create Jesus’ human nature and implant It in the womb of The Blessed Virgin Mary?

 

[Gorgias]

I think that I would say that our human nature doesn’t come from our parents, but from our humanity. That is, I have brown eyes because Mama Gorgias has brown eyes, and I have hairy arms because Papa Gorgias has hairy arms; but, I don’t have “Papa Gorgias human nature” or “Mama Gorgias human nature” or some sort of mixture thereof. Instead, I have a human nature because I’m human – it’s something that I share equally with every human who has ever lived and with every human who will ever live.

So, Jesus has a human nature because he was incarnate as a human. Perhaps some of his physical features are those inherited physically through Mary, but human nature is not a physical feature…

 

[Lancer]

I think that I would say that our human nature doesn’t come from our parents, but from our humanity. That is, I have brown eyes because Mama Gorgias has brown eyes, and I have hairy arms because Papa Gorgias has hairy arms; but, I don’t have “Papa Gorgias human nature” or “Mama Gorgias human nature” or some sort of mixture thereof. Instead, I have a human nature because I’m human – it’s something that I share equally with every human who has ever lived and with every human who will ever live.

So, Jesus has a human nature because he was incarnate as a human. Perhaps some of his physical features are those inherited physically through Mary, but human nature is not a physical feature…

Well said…on target IMHO.

Pax Christi

 

[RedFox0456]

I think that I would say that our human nature doesn’t come from our parents, but from our humanity. That is, I have brown eyes because Mama Gorgias has brown eyes, and I have hairy arms because Papa Gorgias has hairy arms; but, I don’t have “Papa Gorgias human nature” or “Mama Gorgias human nature” or some sort of mixture thereof. Instead, I have a human nature because I’m human – it’s something that I share equally with every human who has ever lived and with every human who will ever live.

So, Jesus has a human nature because he was incarnate as a human. Perhaps some of his physical features are those inherited physically through Mary, but human nature is not a physical feature…

I like this.

 

[Pugsly]

Did Jesus get his human nature from elements of the human nature(s) of the blessed virgin Mary (and Saint Joseph), through God working in a miraculous way? If not, did God simply create Jesus’ human nature and implant It in the womb of The Blessed Virgin Mary?

If your OP is driving at…where did the purity of Jesus’ fleshly humanity come from?

That is a seriously interesting question. One could do a physical regression back to the Immaculate Conception of Mary…and end up scratching one’s head…asking where did THAT pure flesh come from?

Ps…As for the God who created wine from water,or multiplied loaves and fish…bringing about a pure zygote from Mary’s pure flesh…I have no doubt.