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St. Margaret (d. 284) was questioned by the pagan judge about the faith she professed. She answered that she was a Christian. Then the judge said to her, “It is absurd to worship a man and especially a man who died ignominiously on a cross!” But Margaret proudly replied, “Why do you speak only of Christ’s death and not of His resurrection? His passion and death prove that He was man, but His resurrection is the proof of His divinity.”

Peter the Great to Sardam.

It is said that Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, having conceived the plan to create a national fleet, undertook several great journeys to England as well as to France and Holland to learn himself the art of building ships. In order to be initiated into all the secrets, he made himself a simple worker and worked for some time in the shipyards of Sardam.

Did the “carpenter of Sardam” cease to be emperor of Russia for a moment? Not in the least. Thus Jesus Christ did not cease for a moment to be God, even though He had become man and was known only as “the carpenter’s son”.