Westminster Shorter Catechism

Q27

Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition73, made under the law74, undergoing the miseries of this life75, the wrath of God76, and the cursed death of the cross77; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time78.
Doctrine

Scripture Proofs

73
Luke 2:72 Corinthians 8:9Galatians 4:4
74
Galatians 4:4
75
Isaiah 53:3Luke 9:58John 4:6John 11:35Hebrews 2:18
76
Psalm 22:1Matthew 27:46Isaiah 53:101 John 2:2
77
Galatians 3:13Philippians 2:8
78
Matthew 12:401 Corinthians 15:3-4

See also

Westminster Confession of FaithVIIIOf Christ the Mediator
Westminster Larger CatechismQ46What was the estate of Christ's humiliation?
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