He was created of a mother whom he created. He was carried by hands that he formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy, he the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.
— Augustine of Hippo
Incarnation of Jesus Christ
The divine Son became a Jew; the Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more than lie and stare and wriggle and make noises, needed to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child… The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets.
— J. I. Packer
Incarnation
Rejoice that the immortal God is born that mortal men may live in eternity.
— Jan Hus
Incarnation
It was great condescension that He who was God should be made in the likeness of flesh; but much greater that He who was holy should be made in the likeness of sinful flesh.
— Matthew Henry
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