Christology

different faiths to come together for a cause other than their religion, fostering a dialogue and creating a common ground that was not previously present. For the past 1000 years Islam and Christianity have clashed and their differences in opinion on Christology and the nature of God have spattered the pages of history…

Authors of the gospels recorded instances where the leader of Christianity, Jesus Christ, found Himself discussing the Old Testament. Evidently, He knew the Old Testament since He quoted them in numerous occasions: “In the Hebrew Scriptures, the believers found the laws, stories, psalms and prophecies Jesus himself knew as Scripture and quoted during his ministry.” Furthermore, He quoted the Old Testament with a clear intention. One of His intentions in using the Old Testament was to reveal…

Christology is a term that means the study of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, who was both fully human and fully God. Jesus Christ’s role to the Christian belief is that he is known for redeeming people of their sins. Christians can interact and learn of the teachings and the works of Jesus through the New Testament. The New Testament gives the accounts of the life of Jesus, so by connecting and learning these works Christians gain an idea of who Jesus is and what he stood for.…

Final Paper Having to challenge traditional beliefs has been a thought a provoking process, since I was told from an early age that everything inscribed in the Bible was deemed historically accurate. But as time prolongs, and since it makes sense, it has been easier to accept. The information I acquire continues to question faith and facts. My knowledge of the Bible, continues to invigorate every day. Towards the end of the Semester, we began analyzing and studying in depth the…

Upon reading the given reading from Mark Powell revealed several in points of interest on the topic of Christology. I discovered that Jesus as the central figure of the New Testament is spoken of in two different ways: The New Testament tells of a man names ‘Jesus’ who lived in Galilee and who said and did many remarkable things before being crucified. This representation is known as the earthly, historical figure of Jesus. And the New Testament also speaks of Jesus as an exalted, eternal figure…

The word, homousios, found its way into the heart of the statement. The word, though, did not come from the language of the Holy Bible. This important word shaped the later discussions of Doctrine of God and Christology. In effect, “[Council] interpreted the Logos Christology in such a way as to exclude both Monarchianism and Arianism”. Today, Jehovah’s Witnesses contend that the doctrine of the deity of Christ was forced upon the church by the Emperor Constantine at the council of Nicaea…

Here he talks about “rediscovery” of Jesus, one of the most important things to impact Christology. Rausch also gives the idea that by praying the rosary we make the three sets of mysteries relevant to our daily lives. The mysteries include the joyful, the sorrowful and the glorious. The mysteries symbolize the birth, the finding of Jesus in…

of the law as the law pointed to a better way. The law could not redeem but Jesus did (Module #3 Lecture Video). The accelerating revelation of who Jesus was in His earthly ministry climaxed with the resurrection. It forced the question of Christology and made the church probe His earthly life as well as His birth, exploring them for signs of His true identity (Burge, Cohick, and Green…

O’Collins’ book Christology, O’Collins points out that divine love must be understood in the biblical stories of salvation. O’Collins provides multiple excerpts from the Bible but one passage from the letter to the Romans is the most compelling. It reads, “But God proves his…

“For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God...” (Titus 2:11-12 NLT). In his letter to Titus, Paul is instructing Titus on how to live a godly life which should reflect his wholesome teaching. However, Paul is not just speaking to Titus in this passage, but to all believers. Paul urges Titus to have sound doctrine…