SECTION 2

THE ADAMIC ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN NATURE OF CHRIST
The dogma that Christ is true man, implies not only the reality and integrity of His human nature, but like- wise the origin of that nature from Mary. It is this latter fact which beyond aught else guarantees the reality and integrity of our Lord's sacred manhood. In other words, Christ is truly and integrally a man because, by maternal generation from the Virgin-mother Mary, He is a " Son of Adam " according to the flesh, and conse- quently our " Brother." To establish unity of species be- tween Himself and us it would have been sufficient for the Logos to have brought His humanity with Him from Heaven. But his humanity is specifically identical with ours. It is founded upon kinship of race and blood re- lation. By His " real incorporation with our kind " in Adam, Jesus Christ is " bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh."