by Jude Walker

This essay is an excerpt from a letter written to a family member who believed in Jesus Christ the man, but could not accept Him as God. I believe this argument is effective in convincing those possessed of intellectual honesty. I have also left several Jehovah's Witnesses scratching their heads with this one. Much of the information in this essay was gleaned from "Radio Replies" by Frs. Rumble and Carty, and "To Know Christ Jesus" by Frank J. Sheed.

"The unique and altogether singular event of the Incarnation of the Son of God does not mean that Jesus Christ is part God and part man, nor does it imply that He is the result of a confused mixture of the divine and the human. He became truly man while remaining truly God. Jesus Christ is true God and true man. During the first centuries, the Church had to defend and clarify this truth of faith against the heresies that falsified it." (CCC Catechism 464)

God revealed the true religion to mankind gradually, first feeding him the more simple doctrines, and thus preparing him for greater truths. He sent Moses the lawgiver, and after him a series of prophets to explain the law and to predict the coming of the Messiah.

Man has always had a religion taught by God. This religion falls into four general divisions: