XXIX.

Argument:  Two contraries cannot exist in the same subject [duo disparata non

possunt esse in eodem].  God and man are contraries.  Therefore they cannot

exist in the same subject.

Response:  Christ was corruptible and mortal, because he died, but not

according to his birth [secundum generationem].  Aristotle did not understand

the corruption of human nature, wherefore he attributed our corruption to the

elements, as in other created things.  But the fall of Adam is the cause of

death.  For Adam was composed of the elements, [and yet] intended [conditus]

for eternal life.  If he had not fallen, there would have been a perpetual

harmony of the elements and no corruption.