QotD: I shot off a quick answer in the comments, but after driving to work, I’ll say this: When talking about the Father and the Son, it is easy to arrange words to mean anything one wants them to mean. I could say that “anything about the universe that cannot be known in Christ cannot be known,” and it could easily become clear that anybody who disagrees with me simply doesn’t love God as much as I do. Or, leaving aside trite sayings, I could acknowledge that Christ didn’t come so that we might have knowledge, but so that we might have life, and that as a result, he didn’t spell out Everything I Need To Know About Quantum Physics while He was at it. Unless you believe that there is nothing I need to know about quantum Physics, in which case I guess He actually did.

Anyway, my point is, in order to determine the validity of the statement, we must know what the statement means. Some (including me) have brought up the question of the Old Testament era, in which it is said that God revealed Himself in various ways at various times. Could it not be said that some things are known about God as a result, even before the Incarnation? Does not Romans 1 say that the invisible attributes of God have been clearly seen since Creation—not since the Incarnation?

Rather than haggle over word definitions, since that is a pointless and never-ending exercise, I would suggest considering the opposite statement. What is the opposite of this statement? We can know things about God without Christ? People could know things about God prior to the Incarnation? More specifically, Anything about God that cannot be known in Christ can still be known? And what does that mean, exactly? That is, what is a “for instance?” The statement was probably made in response to something, so what was the something?

Is it another way of saying that the Incarnation changes our perspective on everything? ‘Cause I agree with that 100% Is it another way of saying that nothing made any sense at all prior to the Incarnation? ‘Cause I don’t think I could disagree more with that.

Since I don’t read piratey stuff, can we get a little context?