Emptied Himself of Everything

menanmorgan3

Hello,
I recently started to read On the Incarnation of the Word by Saint Athansious and it has sparked a lot of questions in my head. The one i cant seem to understand is if Christ as a baby knew all things. When we say that Christ emptied himself does that include His knowledge. Since He was fully human it would make sense that as a baby he did not understand all things. Also as a baby did he understand his relationship as the Son of God in the Trinity? As a baby we do not understand who our parents are until a few weeks into our life, does the same apply to Christ the Son and God the Father? Can someone help me out with this question?

Basant Tawfik

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Hello,
I recently started to read On the Incarnation of the Word by Saint Athansious and it has sparked a lot of questions in my head. The one i cant seem to understand is if Christ as a baby knew all things. When we say that Christ emptied himself does that include His knowledge. Since He was fully human it would make sense that as a baby he did not understand all things. Also as a baby did he understand his relationship as the Son of God in the Trinity? As a baby we do not understand who our parents are until a few weeks into our life, does the same apply to Christ the Son and God the Father? Can someone help me out with this question?

I am srry!!! I don't know the answer to this, but i would love to know the answer. I am srry. God Bless You!!!!

clay

This is the Mystery of the Incarnation. We should never think of Christ as Christ the Man and Christ the God. We should not think of Him as a hybrid, either. His Divinity and His Humanity was and is united; the one incarnate nature of the Logos. We already knew that by a young age, He was eloquent in Scripture, a teacher to the Rabbis, and had complete knowledge that His Father was God. So, we can see that the union was manifest and perfect at a young age.

So, to answer your question, I don't think we can know. We have no experience in which we can base our assumptions on. The only thing we know is the evidence I written above, that we have a Child who shows knowledge and understanding that is unparalleled by anyone.

Basant Tawfik

[glow=green,2,300]Philippians 2:8

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.[/glow]