What Child is This?

We trace the rich theology inside What Child Is This, moving from a manger’s question to a cross-shaped answer. William Dix’s illness, the Magi’s search, and Isaiah’s prophecy converge to show Jesus as fully human, fully divine, and the substitute who saves. • background of William Chatterton Dix and his recovery • the carol’s central question of Jesus’ identity • Christ’s full humanity and full deity named in the refrain • Isaiah 53 and the substitutionary atonement ...