Wolfgang Heinrich Christian Friedrich Gess (also spelled Geß) (* 27 July 1819 in Kirchheim unter Teck; † 1 June 1891 in Wernigerode) was a German Lutheran theologian.
He headed the Church province of Posen until 1885, at which point he had to retire due to heart issues.
At conception, Logos was united with the body of Jesus, instead of God creating a human soul, as he does with other men.
Controversially, Gess thinks that the humanity of Jesus required him to allow his self-consciousness to be extinguished at birth, only to begin to flash through at a certain stage of his physical maturity, and then developing with the goal of sanctification, which is achieved step by step in the choices he freely makes.
Furthermore, Gess argues that a change took place in the Trinity for the duration of the incarnate Logos' earthly life.