Quick Reflection on Union in Christology
Had fun being artful with the trinity and divine simplicity last night so I thought I’d take that bit of that creativity and use it to say a bit on Christology, specifically through the lens of union of the natures. The opening line of this piece is inspired from Jordan Daniel Wood’s great book called the Whole Mystery of Christ. My own look into the subject has found it helpful to think of the subject under the whole mystery of the Trinity. Hope that borrowing and riffing from is ok? Peace!
The whole mystery of the Trinity and its assumption of the mystery of Christology is all about union and not just any union, but true and living union. Even if it’s all about contextualizing it in mystery, like an event horizon, a boundary, it’s still the unbounded enlightening our darkness; it’s still union, illuminating the whole in light and love. For example, the composite Christ wholly in perfect union is the embodiment of the way, truth, and life of the unbounded, the epitome of the mystery of the Trinity, transcending the boundaries of all understanding and realization, yet still alive and all human.
This revelation of God in Christ and his life and example signifies that the relation within the Trinity is fundamentally about thus dynamic and living union—in the relationships among the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and in the union of their essence. This union in Trinity and Trinity in union is an echo of the profound truth that all relations are realized, all actuality is unified, and all in all the divine Persons are greater than otherwise conceivable.
Each Person, while distinct in relations of origin, is fully united in essence and act, revealing a profound and dynamic unity that permeates their entire existence and interactions. This unity is not a mere static concept but a living and dynamic reality, reflecting the richness and depth of the divine life in its fullness.
Moreover, each Person in union fully presents, represents, and manifests the immanent reality of the transcendent qualities they embody. They each fully express the divine nature’s transcendent aspects within their unique relational identities, inviting us into a deeper contemplation and participation in this divine mystery of union and communion.
This mystery is not just essential but super-essential, not just natural but supernatural, transcending our human understandings and categories, and inviting us into a deeper and richer exploration of the divine mysteries, where the richness of the divine life is fully revealed in its unity and diversity, simplicity and complexity, immanence and transcendence.
