May Orthodox believe that Christ has one nature made of two natures?

[ArmyMatt]

I know and I see where you are coming from, but it seems just unneeded confusion for me. that is all.

 

[katherine2001]

Why not just teach and accept it the way the Church put it? When you try to come up with other ways of explaining it, it just gets the Church into trouble. The Filioque is the perfect example.

 

[rakovsky]

Why not just teach and accept it the way the Church put it? When you try to come up with other ways of explaining it, it just gets the Church into trouble. The Filioque is the perfect example.

Katherine,
The Church teaches that Christ has two natures.

I am trying to figure out if the Church also bans us from saying Christ has a "divine and human nature", which some Orthodox writings say.

 

[ArmyMatt]

I am trying to figure out if the Church also bans us from saying Christ has a "divine and human nature", which some Orthodox writings say.

that statement would prolly be fine, because we have the proper context and understanding.

 

[rakovsky]

that statement would prolly be fine, because we have the proper context and understanding.

It does ban saying "one nature" and basing it on the idea that it is "of two natures."

"One nature of" those "two natures" would certainly be a "divine and human nature", and vice verse.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Be careful with trying to define Yeshua (Jesus) as well as His Father. We can only understand what is revealed. The context of John 1 as well as much of John gives us understanding.

Is human nature sinful? If so then how can human nature and God's nature be combined. This goes to the very core difference between the theology of the West and the East...

As with the Trinity, there is a co-equality as well as an order of procession.

As with the term "Mother of God" would be heretical as well as blasphemous without understanding its context...