Incarnation
John Duns Scotus: Four Theological Insights that Change Everything
What if the Incarnation wasn’t primarily about fixing our sin but about God’s extravagant desire to become one with all creation? What if beauty isn’t just something we admire—it’s the heartbeat of reality, calling us to slow down, receive gifts, and respond with hope in a fractured world? Franciscan friar and philosopher Blessed John Duns Scotus (1265/66-1308), known as the “Subtle Doctor,” is one of the most underappreciated major theologians throughout Church history. His complexity also makes him one of the most misunderstood. Scholars like Dr. Mary Beth Ingham have helped make his theology accessible to people all around the world.
The Beauty of the Incarnation
The beauty of the Incarnation is this: the God who created galaxies chose to dwell among us. Emmanuel means “God with us”—not just beside us, but within and around us.
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The Beauty of Humanness
The God we see in this image is a God of such overflowing love that it spills over into all of creation and into our hearts.
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Notes from a Friar: Holding On to Christmas
This Christmas, I hope you are feeling the deep joy of Jesus’ presence, in spite of so many recent challenges.
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The Gift Within
No one can truly fathom Mary’s plight when she was handpicked to become the instrument of the Incarnation.
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Divine Thumbprints All Around
Reflect St. Bonaventure believed that there were “vestiges,” or, divine thumbprints, throughout the created order. God created the universe, and therefore the world in which we lived was sacred. God became a human through the incarnation and therefore our very ...
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3 Questions about the Incarnation
One of the great mysteries of our faith is how it was possible that God, infinite and all good, could come down upon this earth and become human like us.
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