Sinless Flesh
- Theology
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Did Christ assume a fallen human nature?"What is not assumed is not healed." So goes the Chalcedonian maxim articulated by Gregory of Nazianzus regarding the nature and extent of Christ's work in assuming a human nature. But what is the nature of that assumption? If Christ is to stand in solidarity with us, must he have assumed not merely a human nature, but specifically a fallen human nature? In Sinless Flesh: A Critique of Karl Barth's Fallen Christ, Rafael Bello argues against the assertion made by Karl Barth, T. F. Torrance, and those who follow them that Christ assumed a fallen nature. Through retrieval of patristic, medieval, and Reformed orthodox theologians, Bello argues that a proper understanding of human nature, trinitarian inseparable operations, and the habitual grace-grace of union distinction leads to the conclusion that the assertion that Christ assumed a fallen human nature is at odds with faithful theological and historical understandings of the incarnation. Readers interested in theological retrieval for issues in contemporary theology will find a faithful model and way forward for a thorny issue in modern dogmatics.
Endorsements (1)
“Avoiding the errors of those who propose Christ’s assumption of a fallen nature, Bello offers a lucid account of how the Son’s human nature is actually sanctified. Furthermore, by seriously considering the Trinitarian nature of the act of assumption, the reader is treated to a careful and nuanced construction of a model rejecting the fallen view. Learned in the christological thinking of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth, this study warrants serious consideration.”
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