“And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” — John 1:14 (BSB)
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.” — Colossians 2:9 (BSB)
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word.” — Hebrews 1:3 (BSB)
“Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place…” — Philippians 2:6–9 (BSB)
Jesus Christ is not merely a messenger of God—He is God incarnate. Colossians 2:9 proclaims that “all the fullness of the Deity dwells in Him bodily.” In His life, He revealed the character of God; in His death, He bore the penalty for our sins; in His resurrection, He triumphed over death; and in His ascension, He reigns as King and intercedes as High Priest. The Son’s mission is one of redemption, restoration, and glory—bringing us into the life of the Trinity through union with Him.
The Thirty-Nine Articles affirm this truth in Article II: “The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father.” The Book of Common Prayer reflects this Christ-centered theology in its collects, creeds, and Eucharistic prayers. Worship of Jesus as Lord and God is central to Anglican piety and doctrine, grounded in the recognition that He is the divine Son who became man for our sake.
Bishop J.C. Ryle wrote, “Take away the divinity of Christ, and you have no God-man to offer a sufficient atonement. Take away His humanity, and you have no Savior who can sympathize with sinners.” The Son is both Lamb and Lord—suffering servant and reigning King. He alone bridges heaven and earth, because He is both. He is to be trusted, worshiped, and obeyed, for in Him “the radiance of God’s glory” has been made visible (Hebrews 1:3).
In knowing the Son, we know the Father. To believe in Jesus Christ is to receive the fullness of God’s love, grace, and truth. As the creeds affirm, He is “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,” and it is only through Him that we are reconciled to the Father and sealed with the Holy Spirit. The Son reveals the heart of the Trinity and brings us into that eternal communion through His life, death, resurrection, and exaltation.
Irenaeus emphasized Christ’s full divinity and humanity as essential to redemption and reconciliation.
Tertullian (c. 155–220 AD) taught: “The Son of God was begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, and He became man for our salvation.” — Against Praxeas, 21
Tertullian laid early groundwork for orthodox Christology, affirming the Son’s divine nature and incarnation.
St. Athanasius (c. 296–373 AD) declared: “He became what we are, that He might make us what He is.” — On the Incarnation, 54
Athanasius emphasized the divine condescension of the Son for the sake of our restoration and union with God.
St. Gregory Nazianzen (c. 329–390 AD) said: “The Son is not the Father, but He is what the Father is—God. He was begotten, not made; true God from true God.” — Oration 29.3
Gregory affirmed the eternal generation of the Son and His full participation in the divine nature.
St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD) wrote: “The Son is equal to the Father according to divinity, and less than the Father according to His humanity.” — On the Trinity, 1.7
Augustine explained the mystery of the incarnation: the Son as fully divine and fully human, without confusion or division.
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