Elements of the Nature Assumed

The human body of Christ is a true human body, notmerely an apparent body. The Son of God assumed true human nature,and to this nature a real body belongs. If the body of Christ weremerely an apparent body, there would have been something fictitiousin the work of redemption. For if Christ had not a real body, hecould not really have died.

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

And the Son of God becoming incarnate also assumed atrue 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 orpowers of that soul. Hence, God in becoming man assumed a humanintellect and a human will.