The Son on his mission truly gives himself to the creature without ceasing to be himself.
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Christianity’s central character is a divine person who has come down to earth. This isn’t a unique claim. Mythology is full of divine and celestial beings who visit our world, from Zeus to Thor to Vishnu. What distinguishes the Christian story from these “visits” is that it doesn’t sacrifice the transcendence of the One who comes down from heaven.
To clarify the true nature of the sending of the Son and the Holy Spirit into the world, and to refute heretical misunderstandings, theologians formulated the doctrine of the divine missions. Simply expressed, a divine “mission” refers to the sending of a Trinitarian person into the world. The doctrine is intended to explain how this divine person has entered the world without changing.
