- Of the Fitness of the Incarnation
Of the Fitness of the Incarnation
Concerning the first, three things occur to be considered: first, the fitness of the Incarnation; secondly, the mode of union of the Word Incarnate; thirdly, what follows this union.Under the first head there are six points of inquiry:(1) Whether it is fitting for God to become incarnate?(2) Whether it was necessary for the restoration of the human race?(3) Whether if there had been no sin God would have become incarnate?(4) Whether He became incarnate to take away original sin rather than actual?(5) Whether it was fitting for God to become incarnate from the beginning of the world?(6) Whether His Incarnation ought to have been deferred to the end of the world?
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Whether it was fitting that God should become incarnate?
Whether it was necessary for the restoration of the human race that the Word of God should become incarnate?
Whether, if man had not sinned, God would have become incarnate?
Whether God became incarnate in order to take away actual sin, rather than to take away original sin?
Whether it was fitting that God should become incarnate in the beginning of the human race?
Whether the Incarnation ought to have been put off till the end of the world?