Perfecting Humanity

by | Apr 10, 2014 | Theology | 0 comments

“In Christ all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,” Paul wrote in Colossians 2:9. Here’s a challenging thought on what that means, distilled from an ancient writer John of Damascus by modern writer Thomas Oden:

In Jesus, who is God-become-man, “The divine nature penetrates and perfects every aspect of the human, and the human is pervaded by the divine.”