The Humanity of the Lord

This article by Metropolitan Georges Khodr addresses the dogma of the Incarnation, considered through the twofold affirmation of the true humanity and true divinity of Christ. Belonging to the genre of theological meditation, the text draws on Scripture, the Church Fathers — notably Origen, Saint Cyril of Alexandria, and Saint Maximus the Confessor — as well as the conciliar definitions of Chalcedon. The central idea is that divine kenosis and the deification of humanity are mutually conditioning: it is precisely because Christ is fully human and fully God that the two natures and the two wills can be harmonized without confusion or separation. The theological contribution of the article lies in the articulation between Christology, soteriology, and eschatology: by freely assuming the human condition, the incarnate Word reconciles creation with God and orients it toward its eschatological fulfillment.