One and the same

I am currently reading the book, "Jesus In Trinitarian Perspective" by Fred Sanders and Klaus Issler (required reading for class at The Resurgence Training Center; Re:Train). The scope of this book is greater than I can articulate at a glance here in a post. In fact, much of it I am still trying to wrap my own mind around let alone assist others in the same. However, this evening I was greatly moved by the Chalcedonian Definition translated and included by a contributor of the book, Donald Fairbairn. This definition came out of the fourth ecumenical council in AD 451. The language is beautiful; the wording, clear. This is Logos; this is Jesus Christ. This is a wonderful foundation for Christology. I hope you enjoy...

"Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all unite in teaching that we should confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

This same one is perfect in deity, and the same one is perfect in humanity; the same one is true God and true man, comprising a rational soul and body.

He is of the same substance as the Father according to his deity, and the same one is of the same substance with us according to his humanity, like us in all things except sin.

He was begotten before the ages from the Father according to his deity, but in the last days for us and our salvation, the same one was born of the virgin Mary, the bearer of God, according to his humanity.

He is one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, and only-begotten, who is made known in two natures unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably.

The distinction between the natures is not at all destroyed because of the union, but rather the property of each nature is preserved and concurs together in one prosopon and hypostasis.

He is not separated or divided into two prosopa, but is one and the same Son, the only-begotten, God the Logos, the Lord Jesus Christ.

This is the way the prophets spoke of him from the beginning, and Jesus Christ himself instructed us, and the council of the fathers has handed [the faith] down to us." (Sanders, Fred; Issler, Klaus; Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective; B&H Academic; Nashville, Tennessee; 2007; p. 104)