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Who created Jesus’ human soul?

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Question:

Who created Jesus’ human soul? Also, how is Jesus not both a divine person and a human one? Finally, who resurrected Jesus from the dead?

Answer:

Concerning the question of who created Christ’s human soul, the answer is all three persons of the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The reason is that all three persons have the same the divine will. To be more precise, all three persons are identical to the divine will. Consequently, whatever the Father wills, the Son and the Holy Spirit will. Whatever the Son wills, the Father and the Holy Spirit will. And whatever the Holy Spirit wills, both the Father and the Son will as well. Since Christ’s human soul is a created effect of the divine will, it follows that all three persons of the Trinity created Jesus’ human soul.

Now, the question as to why two persons are not present in Jesus upon the union that the Word of God establishes with Christ’s human nature is because the union with the Word is not accidental but substantial. This means the union is such that the Word of God is the single subject of action in the human nature of Christ. It is he, the Word, who acts through two natures: human and divine. Theologically, this is necessary for Christ’s human acts to have infinite value, especially his death on the cross. Only if Christ were a divine person acting in his sacrifice on the cross could the cross be a cause of our salvation.

Finally, to the question of who resurrected Jesus, the answer is same as above: all three persons of the Trinity. Given that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all identical to the divine will, and the resurrection of Jesus’ corporeal life is an effect of the divine will, it follows that the Resurrection is an effect of the causality of all three persons of the Trinity.

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