August 28, 2010 – Catechism 470-475

Over many centuries the idea of Christ, fully God, fully man, was sorted out.  It was something that was believed, but not formalized until later.  Have you ever had a thought, but waited before saying it out loud to someone because you weren’t quite sure how to put it into words.  That is what the Church does with many things.  The Church never moves very quickly.  That is fortunate when it comes to teachings of the Church because we can take confidence in the teaching.  It can be unfortunate in cases such as the abuse scandal and how long the Church took to react to that. 

I have always wondered when Christ knew He was the son of God.  Reading these paragraphs, it talks about Jesus was fully human and through this learned what is was like to be human.  To work with His hands, love, speak, walk.  All this He learned in His life as all humans do.  But He was always fully God.  The paragraphs also say He knew all His Father knew and if He did not reveal something only means it was not meant to be revealed, not that He did not know it.  We get a sense that He knows it when He is lost in the Temple, but He did know He was the Son of God at that time, when did He first know it.  Did He always know it, but just could not express it as an infant because His human body could not express it.  Or did He express it in non-verbal tones.  I was just always curious about that.