🪔 Disputation between a Christian and a Saracen by St. John of Damascus Part 7 And if a Saracen asks you, “How did God descend into the womb of a woman,” say to him, “Let us use your Scripture and my Scripture. Your Scripture says that God purified the Virgin Mary above all other women and the Spirit of God and the Word descended into her; and my Gospel says “The Holy spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” Behold, both statements are saying the same thing but notice this that in reference to our language, Scripture speaks of the ascent and descent of God figuratively, not literally, for ascent and descent according to the philosophers are properly predicated of bodies. God, however, contains all things, but isn't contained by any place. For a certain one of the prophets says :"how measured the seas by his hand, and the heavens by the palm of his hand, and the whole earth is in the hollow of his hand and all the waters are under the hand of God". And how can it be, that He who the Universe in his hands, descends and ascends? #John_of_damascus #heresy_of_islam