60. To grasp this divine mystery we must see the
God in Him without ignoring the Man; and the Man without ignoring the
God. We must not divide Jesus Christ, for the Word was made
flesh: yet we must not call Him buried, though we know He raised Himself
again: must not doubt His resurrection, though we dare not deny
He was buried Hilary is playing on
the mystery of the two natures in one Person. We cannot say the
God-nature was buried: nor that the human nature brought itself
back to life: yet Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose
again.. Jesus
Christ was buried, for He died: He died, and even cried out at
the moment of death, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken
Me? Yet He, Who uttered these words, said also:
Verily I say unto thee, This day shalt thou be with Me in
Paradise St. Luke xxiii. 43., and He Who
promised Paradise to the thief cried aloud, Father, into Thy hands I
commend My Spirit; and having said this He gave up the
Ghost Ib.
46..