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473 But at the same time, this truly human knowledge of God's Son expressed the divine life of his person. ¹⁰⁴ "The human nature of God's Son, not by itself but by its union with the Word, knew and showed forth in itself everything that pertains to God." ¹⁰⁵ Such is first of all the case with the intimate and immediate knowledge that the Son of God made man has of his Father. ¹⁰⁶ The Son in his human knowledge also showed the divine penetration he had into the secret thoughts of human hearts. ¹⁰⁷

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PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

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SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

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CHAPTER TWO: I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD

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ARTICLE 3: "HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY"

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Paragraph 1. The Son of God Became Man

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IV. HOW IS THE SON OF GOD MAN?

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104 Cf. St. Gregory the Great, "Sicut aqua" ad Eulogium, Epist. Lib. 10, 39 PL 77, 1097 Aff.; DS 475.

105 St. Maximus the Confessor, Qu. et dub. 66 PG 90, 840A.

106 Cf. Mk 14:36; Mt 11:27; Jn 1:18; 8:55; etc.

107 Cf. Mk 2:8; Jn 2:25; 6:61; etc.

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