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Is it strictly true to say that God assumed a man?
Reply. It is not, because man is the name of a person that signifies
the human nature as subsisting. But God did not assume a created
person. Hence, in the strict sense, it is not true to say that the
Word assumed a man. After the Incarnation, however, it is true to
say that the Word is man.[711] Similarly, the proposition,
"God is man," and also the proposition, "man is God," are
true, because of the unity of the person.[712] The word "is"
expresses real identity between subject and predicate, and this
identity is identity of suppositum or person, which means that this man
Jesus is the same being or suppositum that is God.
Reply to first objection. If the Fathers at times said that the
Word assumed a man, this word "man" must not be taken in the strict
sense of the term.
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