... we do not sever the man from the Godhead, but we lay down as a dogma the unity and identity [of person], who of old was not man but God, and the only Son before all ages, unmingled with body or anything corporeal; but who in these last days has assumed manhood also for our salvation; passible in his flesh, impassible in his Godhead; circumscript in the body, uncircumscript in the Spirit; at once earthly and heavenly, tangible and intangible, comprehensible and incomprehensible; that by one and the same [Person], who was perfect man and also God, the entire humanity fallen through sin might be created anew.
[Gregory of Nazianzus, Epistle 101]
"Circumscript" simply means "contained within or limited". What Gregory the Theologian is saying is that, according to His manhood, Christ was contained within a body, but according to His divinity, He was uncontainable and unlimited. More of Gregory to come...
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Sorry about the numerous quote lines. I find blogspot is difficult to work with and couldn't get those removed.
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