Humanity, Christ, And Redemption Final Set 3: The Person Of Christ

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Christological Heresies: Ebionism

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2nd century, denial of deity, strongly monotheistic, Christ had the Spirit after his baptism and withdrew at death

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Christological Heresies: Arianism

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4th century, denial of deity, Christ was the first and highest created being, homiousia, not homoousia, condemned at Council of Nicea, A.D. 325

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Christological Heresies: Docetism

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Late 1st century, denial of humanity, Jesus appeared human but was really divine, God was so other that he couldn’t really have contact with the physical world, No official condemnation

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Christological Heresies: Appollinarianism

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4th century, denial of completeness of humanity, part human, part divine – Christ “wore” a human body, The divine Logos took the place of the human mind, condemned at Council of Constantinople A.D. 381

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Christological Heresies: Nestorianism

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5th century, denied complete unity of persons, Union was moral, not organic-thus two persons. The human was completely controlled by the divine. Condemned at Synod of Ephesus A.D. 431

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Christological Heresies: Eutychianism

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5th century, denied distinctions between natures, Monophysirist - the human nature was swallowed by the divine to create a new third natures - a tertium quid. Condemned at Council of Chalcedon 451.

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Christological Heresies: Adoptionism

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3rd century, denied incarnation, God adopted a human being by bestowing a spirit upon Him at his baptism. Condemed at Antioch 268.

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Christological Heresies: Kenoticism

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19th century, denied full incarnation, taught a reduction of Christ’s deity in the incarnation. Jesus “emptied himself” (Phil 2:6)

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Christological Heresies denying full deity

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Ebionism, Arianism

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Christological Heresies denying full humanity

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Docetism, Appollinarianism

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Christological Heresies that deny union or distinction of natures

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Nestorianism, Eutychianism

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Christological Heresies that deny full and real incarnation

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Adoptionism, Kenoticism

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Systematic categories of Christology

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pre-existence, incarnation, conception/virgin birth, deity, humanity, unity

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The great Christological passages of the NT

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John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, and Philippians 2

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The two states of Christ are best described as

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humiliation and exaltation (see Philippians 2)

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Evidences of the deity of Christ

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Jesus has the nature of God, the titles of God, the attributes of God, does the work of God, and receives the worship due to God.

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Examples of Jesus having the nature of God

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Col 1:15, Hebrews 1-2

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Examples of Jesus having the titles of God

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Lord, Son of man, God, Son of God

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Examples of Jesus having the attributes of God

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Grace, truth, glory, eternity, immutability, power

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Examples of Jesus doing the works of God

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The work of creation (by and through subordination: not essential, but economic,) the work of providence, the work of redemption, the work of consummation

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Examples of Jesus receiving the worship of God

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angels, blind man, eschatological. Further, Christ couldn’t just be a “good” man or “good” angel, because good men and angels reject worship.

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The extra-calvinisticum

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The Calvinistic Extra. The Lutherans believed in the ubiquity (omnipresence) of Christ's human body and nature, whereas the Calvinists have believed the historic view that Christ's human body-and-soul is not infinite or omnipresent, but is only now at the right hand of the Father. Calvinists hold to the principle “Finitum non Capax Infiniti,” or the finite is not capable of the infinite (the finite human nature of Christ is not capable of containing His infinite divine nature in its entirety).Thus, ever since the Incarnation, there is still infinite deity beyond Christ's humanity. Christ didn’t give up any attributes.

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Evidences of the humanity of Christ

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he was incarnate, he had human weaknesses, emotions, experiences, and a human relationship with God the Father – and he was made perfect through suffering.

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Examples of Christ’s incarnation

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Phil 2 (and the other great Christological passages of the NT: John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1)

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Examples of Christ’s human weaknesses

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tired, thirsty, tempted, avoided danger

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Examples of Christ’s human emotions

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anger, sorrow, love

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Examples of Christ’s human experiences

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born, crucified, grew spiritually

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Examples of Christ’s human relationship with God the Father

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He was subordinate (God gave Jesus life in Himself, authority over all people, work to do), He honored God, He obeyed God’s commands

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Examples of Christ being made perfect through suffering

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Hebrews 5:8-9