R.C. Sproul on the person of Christ

1939 – 2017 · PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)

READ IN A PRIMARY SOURCEAFFIRMS°

STANCE

One person in two natures, unconfused and undivided

"The person of Christ is confessed to be one person, but with two natures — a human nature and a divine nature... truly God, truly man, without confusion, mixture, separation, division... each nature retaining its own attributes."

"Fifth-Century Heresies: The Mystery of the Trinity with R.C. Sproul," ~5:19 and ~25:01

THE POSITION

Textbook Chalcedonian christology, stated with unusual precision: one person, two natures (divine and human), "without confusion, mixture, separation, division," each nature retaining its own attributes. Walks through both monophysitism (Eutyches) and Nestorianism as the errors Chalcedon's negatives foreclose.

12 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Calvin Chalcedon Jonathan Edwards The Church of Eleven22 Statement of Faith Ephesus Second London Baptist Confession Luther John MacArthur Philip Melanchthon John Owen Westminster Confession Zwingli

Word united to flesh, with the human soul underemphasizedATHANASIUS

Affirms both deity and humanity before the categories were fixedCHRYSOSTOM · IRENAEUS

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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Founder of Ligonier Ministries and teaching elder in the PCA. Chaired the drafting committee for the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy; best known for The Holiness of God and for popularizing Reformed theology — the five solas and TULIP — for a lay audience.

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"R.C. Sproul on the person of Christ", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/sproul/christology (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/sproul/christology).

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