{"title":"Rafael Nogueira Bello","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sinless-flesh-book-rafael-nogueira-bello-9781683594055","title":"Sinless Flesh","description":"Did Christ assume a fallen human nature?  \"What is not assumed is not healed.\" So goes the Chalcedonian maxim articulated by Gregory of Nazianzus regarding the nature and extent of Christ's work in assuming a human nature. But what is the nature of that assumption? If Christ is to stand in solidarity with us, must he have assumed not merely a human nature, but specifically a fallen human nature?   In Sinless Flesh: A Critique of Karl Barth's Fallen Christ, Rafael Bello argues against the assertion made by Karl Barth, T. F. Torrance, and those who follow them that Christ assumed a fallen nature. Through retrieval of patristic, medieval, and Reformed orthodox theologians, Bello argues that a proper understanding of human nature, trinitarian inseparable operations, and the habitual grace-grace of union distinction leads to the conclusion that the assertion that Christ assumed a fallen human nature is at odds with faithful theological and historical understandings of the incarnation.   Readers interested in theological retrieval for issues in contemporary theology will find a faithful model and way forward for a thorny issue in modern dogmatics.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736123875601,"sku":"NGR9781683594055","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52819329941777,"sku":"CIN1683594053G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1683594053.jpg?v=1762509715"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-rafael-nogueira-bello.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}