The Word became flesh not to simulate humanity, but to redeem it—from the very dust we were formed. Today, Irenaeus defends the full reality of Christ’s body as essential to our reconciliation with God, Augustine wrestles with the mystery of measuring time, and Aquinas explores how angels communicate by illuminating one another in a divine hierarchy of knowledge (Colossians 1:21–22; Ephesians 1:7; Romans 6:12–13; Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:1–10; John 5:14; Jeremiah 1:5; Galatians 1:15).
Readings: Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapters 14–15
Augustine, The Confessions, Book 11, Chapter 26 (Section 33)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1, Question 107, Articles 1–5
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