"The figure we encounter in the person of Christ on the pages of Scripture is a unique figure. On the one hand, He is very man. Nevertheless this same man was distinguished from all men and raised high above them."
Divine and Human Nature of Christ is a dedicated reflection on the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Written with the Christological tenets of Anselm's Cur Deus Homo, this advantages of this essay is more basic speak, toned to meet the inquiries of those on the quest for the "Historical Jesus." Though Bavinck does paint an earthy portrait of Jesus, he demonstrates how this actually complements the divine nature of Christ.
Born on December 13, 1854, in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Holland, Herman Bavinck was the son of the Reverend Jan Bavinck, a leading figure in the secession from the State Church of the Netherlands in 1834. After theological study in Kampen, and at the University of Leiden, he graduated in 1880, and served as the minister of the congregation at Franeker, Friesland, for a year. According to his biographers, large crowds gathered to hear his outstanding exposition of the Scriptures.
In 1882, he was appointed a Professor of theology at Kampen, and taught there from 1883 until his appointment, in 1902, to the chair of systematic Theology in the Free University of Amsterdam, where he succeeded the great Abraham Kuyper, then recently appointed Prime Minister of the Netherlands. In this capacity -- an appointment he had twice before declined -- Bavinck served until his death in 1921.
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