incarnation

[in-kahr-ney-shuh n] /ˌɪn kɑrˈneɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
an incarnate being or form.
2.
a living being embodying a deity or spirit.
3.
assumption of human form or nature.
4.
the Incarnation, (sometimes lowercase) Theology. the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is completely both God and man.
5.
a person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like:
The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
6.
the act of incarnating.
7.
state of being incarnated.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English incarnacion < Late Latin incarnātiōn- (stem of incarnātiō) equivalent to incarnāt(us) incarnate + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
incarnational, adjective
postincarnation, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for incarnation

incarnation

/ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act of manifesting or state of being manifested in bodily form, esp human form
2.
a bodily form assumed by a god, etc
3.
a person or thing that typifies or represents some quality, idea, etc: the weasel is the incarnation of ferocity

Incarnation

/ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən/
noun
1.
(Christian theol) the assuming of a human body by the Son of God
2.
(Christianity) the presence of God on Earth in the person of Jesus
Word Origin and History for incarnation
n.

c.1300, "embodiment of God in the person of Christ," from Old French incarnacion (12c.), from Late Latin incarnationem (nominative incarnatio), "act of being made flesh" (used by Church writers especially of God in Christ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin incarnare "to make flesh," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (see carnage).

incarnation in Culture

Incarnation definition


The Christian belief that the Son, the second person of the Trinity, was incarnated, or made flesh, in the person of Jesus, in order to save the world from original sin.

incarnation in the Bible

that act of grace whereby Christ took our human nature into union with his Divine Person, became man. Christ is both God and man. Human attributes and actions are predicated of him, and he of whom they are predicated is God. A Divine Person was united to a human nature (Acts 20:28; Rom. 8:32; 1 Cor. 2:8; Heb. 2:11-14; 1 Tim. 3:16; Gal. 4:4, etc.). The union is hypostatical, i.e., is personal; the two natures are not mixed or confounded, and it is perpetual.