OC, you wrote earlier: "Only the current Holy Father and ST. ATHANASIUS ("Athanasius contra munda -- "Athanasius against the world") were defenders of the Faith orthodox which insisted that Jesus Christ was both truly God and man.
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Now you have said:
"2. I'm sorry. I am not familiar with the situation you are quoting me. Could you perhaps enlighten me a bit more?
My understanding is that all of the popes have validated the position of Christ's deity, but I am interested in what you can share with me. This has not been an area of study for mre."

Initially you said only two Popes "insisted that Jesus Christ was both truly God and man." Now you have said, "My understanding is that all of the popes have validated the position of Christ's deity...."

Am I understanding you to mean that only two Popes have subscribed to both the Divinity *and* the Humanity of Christ ("truly God and Man," you said), and the others merely His "deity".

My other two questions remain unless I am missing some historical fact others here may be assumed to know but which I do not.....

I guess I'm just now perplexed that you want me to enlighten you on what your own claims are.

Is there anyone else who can point me to some misunderstanding I have? Have I read something into OC's statements that he didn't explicitly say?

Thanks OC, too, for being concerned about my friend, but I'm going to let that remain a personal matter, for now at least. I merely brought it up so you'd know I'm sincere in my desire to help myself and others understand; we share that much in common.

Greetings to all-
HC