I'm taking a theology course at my university currently, and yesterday my professor said something that left me confused. He said that Jesus Christ is not the Second Person of the Trinity, but that the Second Person of the Trinity meshed with human flesh to become Jesus Christ. My professor seemed to strongly indicate that it was not the other way around. He also said that Jesus Christ has not existed since the beginning of time, but the Second Person of the Trinity has instead. I left very confused because Jesus Christ is both fully human and fully divine according to my knowledge, so to say that Jesus Christ has no place in the Trinity (but only the Second Person does) and that Jesus Christ and the Second Person are not one seems erroneous to me. Could you please explain this? I may have just misunderstood my professor and I wanted to clarify.

Dear Anon,

Remember that the Person of Holy Trinity has two natures--that of God and that of Man. He always had the nature of God. But he only acquired the nature of man when he was conceived in the womb of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Dr. Geraghty

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