Critical Discussion The theological issues surrounding the person of Christ that were dealt with at the Council of Nicea (325AD) include Jesus’ humanity and divinity, and His eternality. Jesus’ humanity and divinity was an issue dealt with at the Council of Nicea because there was a lot of confusion as to how Jesus could operate out of both natures. The council believed that Christ was true God and therefore they decided to focus on the term homoousios as being completely opposing to the Arian position and at the same time reflective of the scriptural truth that Jesus Christ isn’t a creature but is fully God, incarnate deity . This meant that the divine nature of the Son was united but not mixed with human nature in one divine Person, Jesus Christ, who was both "truly God and truly man." …show more content…
Jesus had the fullness of God describing himself as being ‘one’ with his heavenly Father (John 10:30) . The Nicene Creed defines the two natures of Christ: "I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made." This reveals that He was, is and always will be God with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He is begotten not made, a divine person, not a created person. All created things came to be through him: "For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man." This implies us that He became man, body and soul, participating fully in human life, and remaining incarnate to unite humanity with God forever . Jesus displayed both human and divine natures throughout his life, although some may have been more evident and dominant at different times and in different circumstances. This does not disqualify who he was, Son of God and Son of man. He was