Summary of Arguments (Anacephalaeosis)

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1. 1God working in a man makes a prophet or apostle, not the world's saviour, so Christ is not such a man.
2. 2No part of the world can take away the world's sin; Christ does, so he is not a mere man.
3. 3No one under death abolishes death; Christ does.
4. 4Every man is earthly; Christ is heavenly and is called man only in a different sense.
5. 5Christ gives the power to become God's children, so he is Son by nature.
6. 6Christ existed before his human ancestors, so he is man only according to the flesh.
7. 7Christ has glory before the ages, which no man has.
8. 8All things are through Jesus himself, so he is God, not a man in whom God dwells.
9. 9The one who saves from sin must be above sin, and no man is.
10. 10Christ has no conflict between flesh and mind, as every man has.
11. 11Christ did not need to mortify the flesh to become virtuous.
12. 12Christ's flesh is called heavenly because it is united to the one from heaven.
13. 13Only Christ gives life.
14. 14The name above every name and God's glory fit Christ, as they fit no man.
15. 15The self-emptying of Phil 2 rules out God's merely dwelling in a man.
16. 16Christ is called man as divine spirit united to flesh, not as God dwelling in a man.
17. 17Christ both rose and raised himself, so he is God and man.
18. 18Christ is mediator because he is not only man or only God.
19. 19Christ saves the world through suffering, so he is God and man.
20. 20Christ gives life to the dead, and does so as one distinct from the Father, so he is God and man.
21. 21Christ is God, so he is a body joined to God, not a man moved by God.
22. 22If Christ were only a temple of God, his virgin birth would be pointless.
23. 23Christ is a life-giving spirit, not the old man of our nature.
24. 24Christ lives by his own nature, so he is God.
25. 25Christ's righteousness cannot come from human choice or from passive divine action, so it is by nature and he is God.
26. 26Christ legislated with his own authority (“I say to you”), so he is God, not a man joined to God.
27. 27Christ performed the miracles himself, so he is not a mere man.
28. 28The worship, baptism, and judgment tied to Christ cannot be explained if he is a man joined to God.
29. 29A man yoked to God would suffer and be worshiped as another, but God's flesh is his instrument, prevails over suffering, and is worshiped as God's.
30. 30The flesh's movements that war against the mind do not overcome God, so he does not suffer as God.