Jesus Christ was Born of Woman . . . fact or fiction?

It's in the Apostles Creed, Athanasian Creed,Nicene Creed, all of which are the basis for all "Christian Creeds" Jesus Christ was born of woman. They say of Jesus Christ that essentially "for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary and was made man"

Is it one of those embarrassing facts that is somehow offense?

JoeT

 

Baptism removes all sin, including original sin which is the deprivation of Adam's original justice. We contract both the gilt and the punishment for Adam and Eve's singular act in our birth. Jesus Christ was like us in every way except sin [Cf. Hebrews 4:15].

If indeed the "Word was made flesh" just like us, born of woman just like us as you profess, and became a man just like us, and lived just like us and doesn't have sin, how does it occur that Jesus is without sin unless Mary was immaculate?

JoeT

 

You would have God 're-make' man sin, then condemn him for sinning? Even still, if God made man's flesh sinful then why isn't Jesus Christ born of sin.

The God you imagine then condemns man for one sin by making that man essentially sin. Then tells him to go and not sin? I could tell you that wouldn't work out. I think, I know there's a better way and in that way Mary plays a pivotal role.

JoeT

 

The glory of God isn't being exchanged, it's being received the same way the Mother of God received Him, humbly, worthily, and undeservingly.

It is the DNA that defines humanity in the physical world from all other creatures. Mankind was created in such a way that it too can create life in a covenant union. A DNA-less man is no man at all and cannot beget life. The union between man and woman is the continuance of our species is much like the covenant union between God and man; the intent of which is to create everlasting life. We were created in a manner whereby the spark of life from the father forms our prodigy in the womb of the mother. This is the sole function of the human male, insemination, a spark of life. No genetic material is transferred from the male to the ovaries. The male only initiates growth adding genetic direction. It is the flesh itself in the form of embryonic cells that comes from the mother. The spark starts generation of cells form living flesh in the womb. The resulting child is wholly the flesh of its mother. The child fills its veins with blood generated wholly within him; there is no transfer of blood from the mother to the child. In like manner we are blessed with Christ, begotten not made. This is the nature of man in being born of woman

Jesus Christ, “who being the brightness of [God's] glory, and the figure of [God's] substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power“ [Hebrews 1:3] God provides the spark of life necessary to generate life in the womb of Mary, that life being the personification of His Wisdom [the the express image, and most perfect resemblance] perfectly joined to the flesh of Mary. [Cf. John 1:1]. The blood in the Christ Child is generated wholly within Him as most literally the Blood of life. Wherefore, He say’s ‘eat, this is my body’ and ‘drink, this is my blood’ to perfectly join the faithful with the substance of Life Itself, Jesus Christ. Consuming this food we become alive as ‘adopted sons of God’ with Christ in us. The Person of Christ found in Mary’s womb has literally filled her, a creature, with the Divine Living Grace.

Wholly divine and wholly human from conception, Christ is said to suffer the entire His humanity – which includes being born as any human is born, not made. This is the glory he offers those worthy to receive Him. “Take this,” Christ said indicating the bread “this IS my Body”. “Take this,” Christ said indicating the wine, “this is my Blood” the blood of the ‘everlasting covenant’. Received symbolically, you receive a symbol of a covenant - you can liken it to the symbol of freedom the US Constitution has become under the Obama Administration - empty words on paper. Or, conversely as Catholics receive the reality of His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity and receive the reality of eternal life.

All life is the glory of God. Eternal life is to abide in Christ and for Christ to abide in us. No joke, no symbols, no smoke, no mirrors - rather stark reality.

In opposition you offer voiding the DNA and by magic maintaining His humanity? If successful that would make you a maker of gods. Rather in so doing you void His humanity or His Divinity, without both uniquely and inseparably joined you have nothing.

JoeT

 

Mary receives her savific grace much the same way you receive grace of salvation. Mary however received a singular grace of salvation from God at the very instance of her conception which preserves her free of all stain of sin. The same way your salvific justification received in Baptism is independent on your parental lineage, Mary's grace comes from the merits of Jesus Christ.

JoeT