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Incarnation The doctrine expressed in the Nicene Creed and the Definition of Chalcedon: that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten before all the ages and of one substance with the Father, was made flesh through the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, making Him truly God and truly human, possessing two natures, which are not confused, changed, divided, or separated.
Although the term “incarnation” does not appear in the Bible, Christian tradition has long held that Jesus is God incarnate: The Second Person of the Trinity descended from heaven and became human. The Gospels state that Jesus became flesh through the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary (Matt 1:18–21; Luke 1:30–35). With Scripture as its foundation, the incarnation was formalized into a creed at the Council of Nicaea in ad 325 and further defined at the Council of Chalcedon in ad 451.
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