Yesterday I was thinking about the humanity of Christ and posted some thoughts.  Had a great dialog with Fr. Robert, but then again I always have a great dialog with him (he should start his blog).  We chatted a bit about Thomas F. Torrance which prompted me to read a bit more on what he had to say this matter.  I’m glad I did for it is obvious that he has spent a great deal of time thinking about this matter.

Torrance in his book “The Incarnation: The Person of Christ” writes:

Any docetic view of the humanity of Christ snaps the lifeline between God and man, and destroys the relevance of the divine acts in Jesus for men and women of flesh and blood.

The New Testament is at pains to make clear the fully humanity of Christ.  He comes as bone of bone, and flesh of our flesh; he speaks with a human voice, is brought up in a human family, eats, drinks, thirsts and is hungry, grows weary and is pained, rejoices and sheds tears, and is encompassed with our frailty and infirmity…If that humanity were in any sense unreal, God would be unreal for us in him. p185