Commenting
on the downplaying of, and paying lip service to, Jesus being truly human, Catholic theologian Gabriel
Moran wrote the following, which is just as applicable, sadly, in many LDS
circles:
. .
.we (theologians and simple faithful) tend to put the humanity of Christ on God’s
side, not man’s. As a result of this, the gospel record of the life of Christ
is taken not as the story of a human life but as a piece of play-acting in
which nothing really happens and in which the personal reactions are little
more than pretension. “Such a piece of play-acting would be unworthy,” writes
Daniélou, “Christ pretended nothing. He did not pretend to be a man; he really was a man” (Daniélou, Christ and Us, p. 123). In many
theological considerations (for example, of grace, redemption, or sacraments)
there has developed a better understanding of the place of Christ’s humanity.
In the most basic area of revelation, however, there remains (despite appearances
and assertions to the contrary) an almost complete void. (Gabriel Moran, Theology of Revelation [Studies in
Religious Education; New York: Herder and Herder, 1966], 64)