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13 Dec 2022

The Anointed

Christi uncti. Spiritus Domini super me, eo quod unxerit me Dominus: Unges autem Pater, Unctio deitas Spiritus sancti, et Unctu humantias. Dilexisti iustitia et odisti iniquitatem, propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus oleo laetitiae. Oleum effusum nomen tuum. Iesum a Nazaeth unxit Deus spirtus sancto et virtute. Ideo dicit Damascenus quod Iesus sonat Deum humanatum, et Christus hominem deificatum, quasi sibi obviantibus deitate et humanitate. Et motum Dei in hominem dicit Iesus; motum autem hominis in Deum dicit Christus. Osculetur me osculo oris sui. Os enim Dei Verbum est, quod loquitur eum: Osculum unio Verbi cum homine. Ideo dicitur Christus nomen officii: quia unctione sacrante officium Regis et Sacerdotis conferuntur. Sicut et Christus Rex et Sacerdos. Regnabit in domo Iacob. Multiplicabitur eius imperium. Tu es sacerdos in aerternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech. Ideo Melchisedech figura eius, Rex fuit et sacerdos. Utrumque autem, Regnum, scilicet et sacerdotium per hereditatem devolvebatur ad ipsum. Et ideo sequitur filii David propter Regnum, et filii Abraham propter sacerdotium.

Sanctus Albertus Magnus, Commentarium in Mattheum, Caput I


Source: Here, p2
On Christ the anointed. 'The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me.' 1 For you anoint, Father, and the anointment is the deity of the Holy Spirit, the anointed humanity. 'You loved righteousness and you hated iniquity, for which reason the Lord anointed you, your God is an ointment of joy.' 2 'His name is ointment poured out. 3 'Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and power.' 4 Therefore John Damascene says that 'Jesus' means God made man, and 'Christ' man deified, as a meeting together of Divinity and humanity. And the motion of God into man he calls 'Jesus', and the motion of man into God he calls 'Christ'. 'That he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.' 5 For the mouth of God is the word of God, which is spoken to him: the mouth is the union of the Word with man. Therefore Christ is the name of the office, because the office of King and Priest is conferred with holy unction. Likewise Christ is King and Priest. 'He shall rule in the house of Jacob.' 6 'His kingdom shall be multiplied.' 7 'You are a priest in eternity according to the order of Melchizedek.' 8 For both the kingdom and the priesthood descend to Him through inheritance. And therefore it follows, 'son of David' according to the kingdom, and 'son of Abraham' according to priesthood. 9

Saint Albert The Great, Commentary On The Gospel of St Matthew, Chapter 1

1 Isaiah 61.1
2 Ps 44.8, Heb 1.9
3 Song 1.3
4 Acts 10.38
5 Song 1.1
6 Lk 1.32
7 Isaiah 9.7
8 Ps 109.4
9 Mt 1.1

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