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*How can one person be both fully divine and fully human?*
Timothy Pawl explores the philosophical challenge of the Incarnation and argues that the apparent contradictions disappear when divine and human attributes are properly understood.
0:00 The Fundamental Question of Christianity
1:39 Why the Incarnation Seems Contradictory
2:46 Solutions Timothy Pawl Rejects
4:59 Pawl's Solution to the Incarnation
6:35 Rethinking Divine and Human Natures
*Timothy J. Pawl* is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis. His work is in the fields of metaphysics, philosophical theology, and moral psychology. Pawl's books include _In Defense of Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay_ and _The Incarnation._
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*How can one person be both fully divine and fully human?*
Timothy Pawl explores the philosophical challenge of the Incarnation and argues that the apparent contradictions disappear when divine and human attributes are properly understood.
0:00 The Fundamental Question of Christianity
1:39 Why the Incarnation Seems Contradictory
2:46 Solutions Timothy Pawl Rejects
4:59 Pawl's Solution to the Incarnation
6:35 Rethinking Divine and Human Natures
*Timothy J. Pawl* is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis. His work is in the fields of metaphysics, philosophical theology, and moral psychology. Pawl's books include _In Defense of Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay_ and _The Incarnation._
*More from Timothy Pawl on Closer To Truth:*
* Life After Death - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLfEal_zyY7PNks4DZrAVCX
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/timothy-pawl
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*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
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Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Meaning #TimothyPawl #Incarnation #Christianity
