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Reply. The answer is in the negative, because in this proposition,
since the subject "man" stands for the person of the Word, the
meaning would be that the suppositum or person that is eternally God.
became in time God, or that some pre-existing man became God, and
each assertion is false.
For the same reason the expression, "man was assumed, " cannot be
admitted, but we must say: "the human nature was assumed, " for the
former statement would mean that some pre-existing man was assumed by
the Word. Thus the Word would have assumed a human nature, and, if
the human personality did not cease to exist at the moment of the
assumption, there would be two persons, as the Nestorians
maintained.[1371]
Hence, although this proposition is true, "Man is God, " the
following proposition is false: "Man became God."
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