Originally posted by RJHinds
I just explained that to you.
THE SON IS BOTH GOD AND MAN!
That Jesus appeared as a male is an "accident" in the philosophical sense of accident: it was a nonessential attribute or characteristic.
As for God,
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370 In no way is God in man's image. He is neither man nor woman. God is pure spirit in which there is no place for the difference between the sexes. But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother and those of a father and husband.241
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The above quote repeats the error of referring to God as "he." Instead, there should be no pronoun substituted for the word "God." Also, "wife" is not mentioned because it is not mentioned in the scriptural references at ref 241. As detailed below, certain characteristics of the perfect mother, father, husband, and genderless parent are stated as ways to reflect on the perfections of of God in those scriptures.
Ref 241:
Cf. Isa 49:14-15;
14 Yet Jerusalem[a] says, “The Lord has deserted us;
the Lord has forgotten us.”
15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
Isa 66:13;
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
Ps 131:2-3;
2Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.
Hos 11:1-4
When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
The more I called them,
the more they went from me;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals,
and offering incense to idols.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
I took them up in my arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
I led them with cords of human kindness,
with bands of love.
I was to them like those
who lift infants to their cheeks.
I bent down to them and fed them.
Jer 3:4-19.
Too long to quote, God as Father/Husband
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p6.htm