Divinity of Jesus Christ

The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus Christ is both True God and True Man (CCC 464). This belief establishes the underpinnings of our Catholic faith.

During the first week of the Amazon Synod, Pope Francis’ longtime atheist friend and interviewer, Eugenio Scalfari, claims that the Pope told him that Jesus Christ became incarnate, he became a man, a “man of exceptional virtues” but “not at all a God.” While the Vatican has issued a statement suggesting Scalfari’s reporting cannot be trusted, Pope Francis has not personally denied the report, despite being encouraged to do so.

The first letter of John refers to one who denies the divinity of Jesus as an Antichrist (1 John 2:22), since Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is from eternity one in being with God, His Father (CCC 663).