WSC

Westminster Shorter Catechism / Q. 22

Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

Question. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

Answer. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her yet without sin.

Proofs.

  • [a] Phil. 2:7; Heb. 2:14, 17
  • [b] Luke 1:27, 31, 35
  • [c] II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 7:26; I John 3:5