"Hypostatically united," threw me for a loop, so I did what any self-respecting man would do, I stopped for directions - I looked it up. Don't bother, it didn't help. I knew it was time to stop looking when I was directed to a legal (as in law school) definition of the word. When lawyers get involved you're better off using good sense because the legalese will give you a headache. It is like trying to figure out how artists ever thought Mary and Jesus should be depicted with ivory white skin. Hello! They're in the desert 24/7/365! Skin cancer! Not sure they made SPF 100 from rendered lamb fat back in year zero. Lily white desert dwellers, however, does play to our acceptance of whatever we're fed, but with "hypostatically united" even I have to throw the penalty flag, on whoever penned the phrase, for being a smug showoff. One would think authors writing for the masses would consider writing at a second grade level, as some government agencies require of anything going public, so the majority of our dumb ass society can understand what is being written to educate them.
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