Two Natures of Jesus Christ - 1 Sermons by Pastor William Shifflett

The Chalcedonian Creed

Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the

same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly

God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father

as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like

us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but

yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the

God-bearer; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without

confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in

no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and

coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two persons,

but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the

prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the

creed of the fathers has handed down to us.