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| | '''The Divinity of Jesus Christ''' refers to the fact that [[Jesus Christ]], the prophesied [[Messiah]], was already declared to be Divine in the Hebrew Scriptures, and further taught, along with His [[Apostles]], the early [[Church fathers]], and early Christian [[Saints]], that He was the divine Son of God. The Psalms of King David and the Prophet Isaiah had declared Christ to be God. | | '''The Divinity of Jesus Christ''' refers to the fact that [[Jesus Christ]], the prophesied [[Messiah]], was already declared to be Divine in the Hebrew Scriptures, and further taught, along with His [[Apostles]], the early [[Church fathers]], and early Christian [[Saints]], that He was the divine Son of God. The Psalms of King David and the Prophet Isaiah had declared Christ to be God. |
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| − | == Mat 22 and Psa 110== | + | == Matthew 22 and Psalm 110== |
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| − | Mat 22:[41] And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, [42] Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him: David’s. [43] He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying: [44] The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool? [45] If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?[46] And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
| + | Matthew 22:[41] And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, [42] Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him: David’s. [43] He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying: [44] The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool? [45] If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?[46] And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. |
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| − | Quoting His ancestor according to the flesh king David, who had written Ps. 110:1 some 1,000 years earlier, Our Lord proves to the Pharisees from prophecy that Christ is Divine. He was not, as they thought, just a human person, but a Divine Person, who was made flesh (Jn. 1:1–14) in the fullness of time for our sake, the true Son of God who became Son of Man. | + | Quoting His ancestor according to the flesh king David, who had written Psalm 110:1 some 1,000 years earlier, Our Lord proves to the Pharisees from prophecy that Christ is Divine. He was not, as they thought, just a human person, but a Divine Person, who was made flesh (Jn. 1:1–14) in the fullness of time for our sake, the true Son of God who became Son of Man. |
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