Do we Worship the Humanity of Christ?
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From the Catholic Encyclopedia
The Human Nature of Christ, united
Hypostatically with the Divine Nature, is
Adored with the
same Worship as the Divine Nature. We adore the Word when
we adore Christ the Man; but the
Word is God. The Human Nature of
Christ is not at all the reason of our Adoration of
Him; that reason is only the Divine Nature. The Entire-Term of our
Adoration is the Incarnate Word; the Motive of the
Adoration is the Divinity of the
Incarnate Word. The Partial-Term of our Adoration may be the
Human Nature of Christ: the Motive of the Adoration
is the same as the Motive of the Adoration that reaches the Entire-Term. Hence, the
Act of Adoration of the Word Incarnate is the same absolute
Act of Adoration that reaches the Human Nature. The
Person of Christ is Adored with the cult called
Latria. But the cult that is due to a Person is due in like manner to the Whole Nature of that
Person and to all its parts. Hence, since the Human Nature is the Real and True nature of
Christ, that Human Nature and all Its
Parts are the object of the cult called Latria, i.e.,
Adoration.
From the Council of Ephesus
"If anyone dare to say that the Man assumed should be adored besides the Divine Word, as
though these were distinct Persons; and does not rather honor the Emmanuel with One (1) Single Adoration, inasmuch as the Word was made
flesh; let him be Anathema". [Council of Ephesus, Part I, Chapter 26]
From the Second Council of Constantinople
"If anyone say that Christ is adored in Two (2) Natures, so as to introduce Two (2)
Distinct Adorations, and does not adore God the Word made flesh with the One (1) and the same Adoration as His Flesh, as the Church has
handed down from the beginning; let such a one be Anathema".
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