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This is a extremely long explanation from St.Leo on the Nativity of the Incarnation bare with me the quote is from a Sacred site so its pretty choppy.
"There enters then these lower parts of the world the Son of 276 : abiding before all time He began to be in time: the 277 , since the humility of manhood and the loftiness of the Godhead both meet there. For as 278 ; that is the Word performing what appertains to the Word, and the flesh carrying out what appertains to the flesh. One of 279 ;” man in that “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us 280 .” 281 , and without Him was nothing made:” man in that “He was made of a woman, made under law 282 .” The nativity of the flesh was the manifestation of human nature: the childbearing of a virgin is the proof of Divine power. The infancy of a babe is shown in the humbleness of its cradle 283 : the greatness of the Most High is proclaimed by the angels’ voices 284 . He whom Herod treacherously endeavours to destroy is like ourselves in our earliest stage 285 : but He whom the Magi delight to worship on their knees is the 286 .” And thus Him whom the devil’s craftiness attacks as man, the ministries of angels serve as 287 .” For although in the Lord Jesus Christ God and man is one person, yet the source of the degradation, which is shared by both, is one, and the source of the glory, which is shared by both, is another. For His manhood, which is less than the Father, comes from our side: His Godhead, which is equal to the Father, comes from the Father.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XII: The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great.: To Flavian commonly called “the Tome.”
Praise be to the Triune God in the Name of Jesus
"There enters then these lower parts of the world the Son of 276 : abiding before all time He began to be in time: the 277 , since the humility of manhood and the loftiness of the Godhead both meet there. For as 278 ; that is the Word performing what appertains to the Word, and the flesh carrying out what appertains to the flesh. One of 279 ;” man in that “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us 280 .” 281 , and without Him was nothing made:” man in that “He was made of a woman, made under law 282 .” The nativity of the flesh was the manifestation of human nature: the childbearing of a virgin is the proof of Divine power. The infancy of a babe is shown in the humbleness of its cradle 283 : the greatness of the Most High is proclaimed by the angels’ voices 284 . He whom Herod treacherously endeavours to destroy is like ourselves in our earliest stage 285 : but He whom the Magi delight to worship on their knees is the 286 .” And thus Him whom the devil’s craftiness attacks as man, the ministries of angels serve as 287 .” For although in the Lord Jesus Christ God and man is one person, yet the source of the degradation, which is shared by both, is one, and the source of the glory, which is shared by both, is another. For His manhood, which is less than the Father, comes from our side: His Godhead, which is equal to the Father, comes from the Father.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XII: The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great.: To Flavian commonly called “the Tome.”
Praise be to the Triune God in the Name of Jesus
