At 02:46 12/02/99 +0000, you wrote:
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>Dear list,
>
>A perhaps very naive question:
>
>I one account of her vision Angela da Foligno points out that Christ had
>a body of perfect sensitivity. She also remarks that his imagination,
>through its divine power, could sharply apprehend every detail of the
>forthcoming Passion. Although this seems to me a very obvious implication
>of the `humanity' of Christ, I wonder whether the specific theme of the
>senses, sensitivity and rational faculties of Christ has been extensively
>treated in religious literature.
The short answer is, I don't know how much treatment this topic has received
in religious literature. But in general theological terms, I wouldn't be
very happy with this position; it doesn't seem to me at all an obvious
implication of the 'humanity' of Christ. Orthodox Christian doctrine
maintains that Christ is 'like us, in all things except sin' and the ability
to apprehend every detail of the forthcoming Passion would be something
quite unlike us.
Bill.
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