Deep Dive into Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin - How the Two Natures of the Mediator Make One Person

Based on the sources, the coexistence of Christ's divine and human natures without mingling is explained through the concept of a unity of person.The sources clarify that when it is said the Word was made flesh, it does not mean the divine nature was turned into flesh or confusedly mingled with it. Instead, the Son of God became the Son of man not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person.In this union, each nature retains its distinctive nature unimpaired. The divine nature remains fully divine, and the human nature remains fully human, each keeping its own attributes. They are united but not mingled.An analogy is used to help understand this: a human being consists of a soul and a body, two distinct substances that are not mingled, yet together they form one man, one person. Similarly, in Christ, two diverse natures make up one person.This understanding is crucial to avoid errors like Nestorius's, who separated the natures, or Eutyches's, who confused or destroyed them. The sources emphasize that it is no more permissible to commingle the two natures in Christ than to pull them apart.Because of this union of distinct natures in one person, Scripture can sometimes attribute actions or qualities of one nature to the whole person. This is called the "communicating of properties". For example, saying "God purchased the church with his blood" attributes a human act to God because the one person is both true God and true man.Thus, the natures coexist by being fully and inseparably joined in the single person of Christ while remaining distinct in their essential qualities and substances.Reformed Theologian GPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-XXwzX1gnv-reformed-theologianPatreon: patreon.com/edi_reformed