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Originally Posted by Livelystone
Not a Mennonite nor a member of any other organized form of religion. I have been to many of them and in some cases have traveled far in hopes of finding one I would like to attend a regular basis.
Not sure what you mean by human nature? Man (male and female) is a physical body with a spirit that has a soul, and Jesus had a physical body with a spirit and soul residing within the same as man does. However, there is a significant difference between the Holy Spirit and the spirit of man.
The spirit of man comes within the seed of man handed down from their earthly father whereas the spirit for the seed that is Christ came from God in heaven.
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Menno Simons believed that Christ did not inherit a human nature from his mother, Mary. Similar to the way Teklemarian taught that God 'created' the flesh of Jesus in Mary's womb. This doctrine is similar to the Immaculate Conception doctrine of the Catholics in regard to Mary. They hold that Mary was conceived without original sin so she could bear Christ without passing it on to Him.
Teklemarian taught that Christ's flesh was divine, and therefore free from original sin.
This seems to contradict the Bible which as far as I can tell makes no distinction between Christ's human nature and ours, which in turn leads to the conclusion that inherited original sin, as some sort of substance inhering in the human nature itself and which is passed on to children, is a false doctrine.
BTW, I asked about Christ inheriting a human nature from Eve, I meant from Mary. Sorry.
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