Cornelius Falls to His Knees before St. Peter and Worships Him (1582) by Philips Galle (1537-1612)
"Arise: I myself am a man."--Acts 10:26
Christ, the Crucified and Risen One, the Author of Life, is both God and man, two natures united without division or confusion or admixture. Christians, though, even when divinized, are still men. Holiness can lead to confusion on this matter, as it did when Cornelius fell on his feet and reverenced the Holy Apostle Peter, who had to remind him, "I myself am a man." Even worse happened to Barnabas and Paul, when the priest of Dios almost led the crowd to offer bulls and wreaths to them in sacrifice, and they had to tear their cloaks and cry out, "Men, what things do you do? For we are men of like passions to you."
