Elements of the Nature Assumed

The human body of Christ is a true human body, not merely an apparent body. The Son of God assumed true human nature,and to this nature a real body belongs. If the body of Christ were merely an apparent body, there would have been something fictitious in the work of redemption. For if Christ had not a real body, he could not really have died.

Christ’s body, like every true human body, was composed of real flesh, bones, tissue, etc. It was not made of someincorruptible matter different from the structure of other human bodies.

And the Son of God becoming incarnate also assumed a true human soul. Without such a soul there is no human nature, and God assumed human nature,

To assume a human soul is to assume the faculties or powers of that soul. Hence, God in becoming man assumed a humanintellect and a human will.