(2) Such, then, dearly beloved, was the Nativity that befit Christ, “the power of God and the wisdom of God.”11 By it he both conforms to us through humanity and rises above us through divinity. Were he not indeed true God, he could apply no remedy. Were he not indeed true man, he could not show example. Exulting angels sing at the Lord’s Birth, “Glory to God in the highest,” and proclaim, “On earth, peace to people of good will.”12 They indeed see the heavenly Jerusalem being constructed from all
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