What is Incarnate Word?

[UcannUconn]

Answer: The basketball team who beat Nebraska tonight. WTF is going on with college hoops?

 

[Dove]

Nebraska thought they were about to eat a cupcake.

 

[Kitaman]

A team that belongs in the AAC.

 

[willie99]

think it's a STD

 

[jibsey]

I looked it up, incarnate means descent from heaven of a god, which must have happened for them to win that game. As far as word goes, your guess is as good as mine, but it's the strangest religious school name I ever heard.

 

[8893]

In a word, Christ.

It comes from the Bible (John 1: 14-18). It means that Christ is God's Word become Man, or flesh, or "incarnate," as it were. Those who grew up in the church probably recognize various forms of "And the Word became flesh" or "the Word Incarnate" as among those recited in church.

 

[Bryan Lord]

I thought we discovered chaps dialect of English here for a second.

 

[Zionn]

Funny that pre-season coach ranking had Nebraska guy ahead of Ollie.

 

[DrG]

It's a Catholic university in San Antonio. They also have a football team, but I won't go there . . .

 

[dbmill]

Incarnate Word is in the Southland Conference.

 

[David 76]

In a word, Christ.

It comes from the Bible (John 1: 14-18). It means that Christ is God's Word become Man, or flesh, or "incarnate," as it were. Those who grew up in the church probably recognize various forms of "And the Word became flesh" or "the Word Incarnate" as among those recited in church.

Maybe in two words.