Athanasius: one Son; flesh suffers, deity impassible

— worshiped, and worshiped with his flesh in one worship. Not two sons: one a true Son of God who is worshiped, and another a human from Mary who is not worshiped, made a son of God by grace as humans are. But the one from God, as I said — one Son of God and God, himself and no other — also born from Mary according to the flesh in the last days, as the angel said to the God-bearer Mary when she asked, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?” — “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the holy one who is born will be called Son of God.”

So the one born from the holy virgin is Son of God by nature and true God, not by grace and sharing. Only according to the flesh from Mary is he human; according to the Spirit he himself is Son of God and God.

He suffered our sufferings according to the flesh, as it is written, “Christ suffered for us in the flesh,” and again, “He who did not spare his own Son, but handed him over for us all.” Yet he remained impassible and unchanged according to the deity, as the prophet says: “I am God, and I do not change.”

He died our death according to the flesh for our sins, so that he might destroy death through the death for us, as the apostle says: “Death was swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O Hades, is your sting?” And again: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” Immortal, too, and