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Choose a topic from Part 3a:

• The Incarnation
  • 1. Fitness of the Incarnation
  • 2. The Union of the Word and the Flesh
  • 3. The Person Assuming Human Nature
  • 4. The Nature Assumed
  • 5. Elements of the Nature Assumed
  • 6. Order of the Elements Assumed
  • 7. The Grace of Christ as a Man
  • 8. The Grace of Christ as Head of the Church
  • 9. Knowledge in Christ
  • 10. The Beatific Knowledge in Christ
  • 11. Christ's Infused Knowledge
  • 12. Christ's Acquired Knowledge
  • 14. Deficiencies in the Body of Christ
  • 15. Limitations or Deficiencies in Christ's Human Soul
  • 16. Consequences of the Hypostatic Union
  • 17. The Oneness of the Being of Christ
  • 18. The Unity of Will in Christ
  • 19. The Unity of Operation in Christ
  • 20. The Subjection of Christ to God the Father
  • 21. The Prayer of Christ
  • 22. The Priesthood of Christ
  • 23. The Adoption of Sons
  • 24. The Predestination of Christ
  • 25. The Adoration of Christ
  • 26. Christ as Mediator
• Our Blessed Lady
• Our Lord Jesus Christ
• The Sacraments in General
• Baptism
• Confirmation
• The Holy Eucharist
• Penance

10. The Beatific Knowledge in Christ

1. The human soul of Christ is as perfect as a human soulcan be, but it is always a finite soul. Hence this soul,enjoying the beatific vision, does not comprehend the divineEssence in the full and accurate meaning of the wordcomprehend. For to say that the human soul of Christcomprehends the divine Essence would be to say that afinite soul perfectly compasses the infinite; and this is quiteimpossible.

2. Christ as man knows all things in the divine Word, forChrist is the divine Word as well as true and creaturalman. The human mind of Christ does not itself know all thingspossible; here again we should have a case of finite encompassinginfinite. But the human mind of Christ does know, in the Word, allthat is actually said or thought or done by anyone at any time,past, present, or to come.

3. The human soul of Christ knows its own power, and allthat this power can accomplish. And therefore Christ knows that hispower can go on cleansing souls from sin and doing good to man,without limit; it can be said, in this sense, that Christ as man"knows infinite things."

4. The human soul of Christ is united to the Word inPerson; therefore it is more fully enlightened by the Word than anyother creature. Therefore, the human soul of Christ beholds thedivine Essence in vision more perfectly than any other creature inheaven.

"A person who rails at God in adversity, suffers without merit; moreover by his lack of resignation he adds to his punishment in the next life and experiences greater disquietude of mind in this life."
St Alphonsus de Liguori

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"Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and to be called wise. Yet there are many things the knowledge of which does little or no good to the soul, and he who concerns himself about other things than those which lead to salvation is very unwise. "
Thomas á Kempis

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"It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it."
St Philip Neri

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