CHAPTER XVIII: QUESTION 16 THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE HYPOSTATIC UNION

[1365] However, since God is His Godhead, in the material sense the following propositions are true: This man is the Godhead; the Godhead is this man. Taken in the material and identical sense the propositions are true because the subject of attribution is identical; but they are not strictly true in the formal sense, namely, in virtue of the difference of meaning in the terms. The meaning of the first proposition is: This man is God, who is His Godhead.

[1366] Denz., nos. 116, 124

[1367] Ibid., nos. 213, 215

[1368] Summa theol. Ia, q. 13, a. 12

[1369] Ibid., IIIa, q. 16, a. 5

[1370] Denz. nos. 116, 124. Council of Ephesus

[1371] cf. IIIa, q. 4, a. 2

[1372] John 8:58