Chapter 4 (73): 1. Whether Those Things Which Are Said Of God Or Of The Son Of
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did not bear death in his soul, nor suffer it in his majesty; but only by participation" in infirmity "was the King of glory crucified."
2. From this, it is plain that Christ was at the same time whole in the tomb, whole in hell, whole everywhere, just as now he is whole everywhere he is, and yet not wholly. Although whole, he was not wholly in the tomb, nor in hell, just as Christ is whole God, Christ is whole man, but not wholly, because he is not only God or man, but both God and man. For 'wholly' is referred to the nature, but 'whole' to the hypostasis, just as 'something' and 'something else' are referred to the nature, "'someone' or 'another' to the person.—THE DAMASCENE. Hence John: "Christ is whole and perfect God, and yet he is not wholly God, for he is not only
God, but also man. And he is whole and perfect man, but not wholly man, for he is not only man, but also God. For 'wholly' here refers to nature, but 'whole' to hypostasis, just as 'something' refers to nature, but 'someone' to hypostasis";* and the same is true of similar terms.
Chapter 4 (73)
1. WHETHER THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SAID OF GOD OR OF THE SON OF
GOD CAN BE SAID OF THAT MAN OR OF THE SON OF MAN. It is also usual to ask whether it may suitably be said that the son of man or that man descended from heaven or is everywhere, just as we say that the Son of God or God came from heaven and is everywhere.
2. To which we say: If the meaning of the statement is referred to the unity of the person, then it may rightly be said; but if to the distinction of natures, then it is not at all to be granted—AUGUSTINE, AGAINST MAXIMINUS. Hence Augustine: "Christ is one person, God and man. And so it is said: No one ascended to heaven, unless he who descended from heaven, etc.' If you attend to the distinction of substances, the Son of God descended and the son of man is crucified; but if to the unity of the person, then the son of man descended and the Son of God is crucified. Because of the unity of the person, not only did he say that the son of man had descended from heaven, but also that he was in heaven while he spoke on earth."*'—-AUGUSTINE, ON THE TRINITY, IN THE FIRST BOOK. Because of this same unity, "the God of glory is said to have been crucified, who yet was crucified only in the form of a servant, and not according to his being
God of glory, in which capacity he glorifies his own. And yet the God of *Vigilius of Thapse, Contra Felicianum, c16.
'Augustine, De Trinitate, bk 1 c13 n28.
"John of Damascus, De fide orthodoxa, bk 3 ¢7. ieseo °Cf. ibid.
*Augustine, Contra Maximinum, bk 2 20.