The divine-human union manifests only once and must pass from sensory to representational space

Evidence

The union of the divine and human natures can only be made manifest in one singular form: … The appearance of God in the flesh occurs in a particular time and in this individual. Because it is a phenomenal appearance (Erscheinung), it is transitory and passes over into the history that is gone by (wird zur vergangenen Geschichte). This sensory mode must vanish and be raised up into the space of representation… . — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 838

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that the Incarnation’s singularity is the condition for its transfiguration from sensory appearance into the space of representation — a defining move in Hegel’s speculative Christology.
• XREF: The sensory mode ‘must vanish and be raised up into the space of representation’ mirrors the dialectical Aufhebung structure — relevant to the reader’s plasticity-as-Hegel project. — connects to: Consciousness mirrors divine self-relation rather than constituting it; The supposed boundary between representation and reality dissolves because both sides are representation — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 37; Spirit develops by externalizing and returning to unite with itself — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 281

Broader Connections

• The supposed boundary between representation and reality dissolves because both sides are representation #qualifies (0.75) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 37
• Consciousness mirrors divine self-relation rather than constituting it #complicates (0.72)
• Spirit develops by externalizing and returning to unite with itself #expands (0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 281