Michael's Theological Musings

 Hello! Welcome back. Sorry for the lack of posting, there have been quite a few things happening that needed attention and sadly my posting suffered. Hopefully I can get back on track with a somewhat weekly update here. In this post, I want to focus on the following section of the Nicene Creed: We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,     the only Son of God,     eternally begotten of the Father,     God from God, Light from Light,     true God from true God,     begotten, not made,     of one Being with the Father. To keep things in small, bite sized portions, we'll discuss the opening two lines.  Recall that a focus of the Creed was to formulate who Jesus Christ is and to help explain his relationship with God. Was Jesus a human being who was given some special knowledge from God? Was Jesus a spirit who appeared to us as a human? Or was Jesus actu...