Dwelling Among Us

Et Verbum caro factum est. Tangitur hic quartum, scilicet adveniendi modus, qui fuit per carnis assumtionem, in qua fuit summa unio; ideo dicit: Verbum caro factum est; id est carni unitum; ad Philippenses secundo: Humiliavit semetipsum, formam servi accipiens. Et quia haec unio fuit inconfusa, fuit etiam indivisa; ideo dicit: Et habitavit in nobis, id est in nostra natura: habitavit, ergo non est conversus; habitavit, ergo non est separatus. De hac habitatione Levitici vigesimo sexto: Ponam tabernaculum meum in medio vestri, et non abiiciet vos anima mea; et in Psalmo: In pace factus est locus eius, et habitatio eius in Sion. Sanctus Bonaventura, Commentarius In Evangelium Ioannem, Caput I Source: Here, p454

And the Word was made flesh. 1 This touches on the fourth thing, that is, the manner of His coming, which was the taking up of the flesh, in which there was perfect union. Therefore he says: 'The Word was made flesh,' that is, united with the flesh. In the second chapter to the Philippians: 'He lowered Himself, receiving the form of a servant.' 2 And because this union was without confusion, it was indivisible, therefore he then says, 'And He dwelt among us.' That is, in our nature. 'He dwelt,' therefore he was not converted into it, 'He dwelt,' therefore he was not separated from it. Concerning this dwelling it is said in the twenty sixth chapter of Leviticus: 'I shall place my tabernacle in the midst of you, and my soul shall not cast you off.' 3 And in the Psalm: 'His dwelling is in peace, His habitation in Sion.' 4 Saint Bonaventura, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint John, Chapter 1 1 Jn 1.14 2 Phil 2.7 3 Levit 26.11 4 Ps 75.3