Is Christ's Nature Contradictory? James Anderson vs. Jc Beall
https://youtu.be/HQHOcubDs6E
I'm surprised that both Jc [at 36:37] and James [at 43:51] described the hypostatic union as Jesus being "fully God, and fully man." That's a common layman's description that I myself used for years, but precise theologians have pointed out that the correct way to put it is "truly God, and truly man" [vera Deus, vera homo]. Or truly man, and truly God [vera homo, vera Deus]. Because if Jesus were fully man [or 100% man], there would be no room for him to be Deity. Conversely, if Jesus were fully Divine [or 100% Divine], then there'd be no room for His humanity. I suspect that James knows the more precise phrase is "truly God and truly man," but that he used "fully" so as not to embarrass Jc.
Here's William Lane Craig correcting an audience member on this topic already cued up here:
Here's R.C. Sproul correcting John MacArthur on this topic:
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