Divine Person, Divine and Human Natures

Kneeling in a chapel, Margery Kempe (ca. 1373–ca. 1438) wept and begged forgiveness for her sins. Christ suddenly came to her, identifying himself as the Christ who died on the cross, then adding, “I the same God forgive you your sins entirely.” Again soon afterward he said, “I am the same God” who brought her sins to mind and caused her to confess them.¹ In this passage Christ does not deny his humanity, but he highlights the divinity by which he dances through time, working redemption on the cross at one point, inspiring her contrition at another, but identically