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1.05.2005

Could He have...

I'm going to work through Luke with my kids this semester and since we covered most of the birth narratives during Advent, we're starting in chapter 3. I'm looking at the temptations Jesus endured in chapter 4, and am wondering - could He have actually sinned? Could He have succumbed to the temptation?

Thoughts and on-line resources are greatly appreciated.

1 comment:

Nathan said...

Kevin -

"First, if you're going to talk about this question, it is essential that you familiarize yourself and your students with Chalcedon and St. Maximus the Confessor. Period. You can't avoid heresy without a foundation in the theandric union and the two wills in Christ."

Thanks for the reference - I'll see if I can't locate his writings in my Church Father's volume. But this made me laugh - not at your suggestion, just the idea of trying to familiarize them with St Maximos and Chalcedon. I'm still struggling for them to get a grip on the definition of of the word "Trinity" much less a grasp on its reality! :)