Jesus Christ - Who Was He? Here are some different views about who Jesus Christ was. Which one(s) do you think are correct?
1. Jesus Christ was only a mythical figure
Although part of the Bible story, virtually all modern scholars studying antiquity say that Jesus did exist historically. Most of them agree that Jesus was a Galilean, Jewish rabbi who preached his message orally, and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate.
2. Jesus Christ was founder of a world religious tradition
Most people think of him as an eminent religious leader pointing to the importance of spiritual rather than material things.
For example in relation to what Buddhism calls attachment, and what the Jewish tradition refers to as coveting, …show more content…
Only after his death, did the community his followers formed eventually became the Christian church.
3. Jesus Christ was a very good man
He has been seen as a religious ascetic holy man and thus a symbol of perfect goodness and virtue. A role model we can aspire to copy. In washing the feet of others he revealed his humility, he showed care for the sick, and he asked for the forgiveness of those who were crucifying him.
"Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for." (Sam Bradford, American football player)
4. Jesus Christ was a great moral teacher
The sayings attributed to Jesus, e.g. those known as Sermon on the Mount, are to do with forgiveness and compassion. They have been seen to have a healing quality directed not merely to some particular disease or misfortune but to the vital core of the individual, focusing as they on love and humility rather than demand and …show more content…
Some Hindus consider Jesus to be an appearance or manifestation of the Supreme Being and point out similarities between Krishna and Jesus' teachings. Some Buddhists, including Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, regard Jesus as a bodhisattva (i.e. a being with enlightenment motivated by great compassion) who dedicated his life to the welfare of people.
8. Jesus Christ is the Son of God
In his time the religious authorities in Judea asked for his death because they didn't believe in his claim to be the Son of God which they saw as a great blasphemy.
Likewise today Muslims do not believe Jesus was the son of God. Islamic texts emphasise a strict notion of monotheism forbidding the association of partners with God which would be idolatry.
However the cornerstone of the Christian faith has been a belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ. At the same time Christians ask how could a divine Jesus have been an ignorant baby who had to learn slowly by way of experience and instruction, as all children do? How could Jesus have prayed to his Father as if to
1. Jesus Christ was only a mythical figure
Although part of the Bible story, virtually all modern scholars studying antiquity say that Jesus did exist historically. Most of them agree that Jesus was a Galilean, Jewish rabbi who preached his message orally, and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate.
2. Jesus Christ was founder of a world religious tradition
Most people think of him as an eminent religious leader pointing to the importance of spiritual rather than material things.
For example in relation to what Buddhism calls attachment, and what the Jewish tradition refers to as coveting, …show more content…
Only after his death, did the community his followers formed eventually became the Christian church.
3. Jesus Christ was a very good man
He has been seen as a religious ascetic holy man and thus a symbol of perfect goodness and virtue. A role model we can aspire to copy. In washing the feet of others he revealed his humility, he showed care for the sick, and he asked for the forgiveness of those who were crucifying him.
"Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for." (Sam Bradford, American football player)
4. Jesus Christ was a great moral teacher
The sayings attributed to Jesus, e.g. those known as Sermon on the Mount, are to do with forgiveness and compassion. They have been seen to have a healing quality directed not merely to some particular disease or misfortune but to the vital core of the individual, focusing as they on love and humility rather than demand and …show more content…
Some Hindus consider Jesus to be an appearance or manifestation of the Supreme Being and point out similarities between Krishna and Jesus' teachings. Some Buddhists, including Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, regard Jesus as a bodhisattva (i.e. a being with enlightenment motivated by great compassion) who dedicated his life to the welfare of people.
8. Jesus Christ is the Son of God
In his time the religious authorities in Judea asked for his death because they didn't believe in his claim to be the Son of God which they saw as a great blasphemy.
Likewise today Muslims do not believe Jesus was the son of God. Islamic texts emphasise a strict notion of monotheism forbidding the association of partners with God which would be idolatry.
However the cornerstone of the Christian faith has been a belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ. At the same time Christians ask how could a divine Jesus have been an ignorant baby who had to learn slowly by way of experience and instruction, as all children do? How could Jesus have prayed to his Father as if to