#Christological Theology

[victusinveritas]

[faithlovehope]

I don’t know how old this news is, but I saw on Thanksgiving an article detailing the phrase “Jesus is God” graffitied in an Israeli prison cell. In 232 Anno Domine. Nearly an entire century before the Council of Nicaea codified that phrase as the dominant school of Christological thought.

It is known.

[marcella-delaney]

What [Jesus’] life meant, what his spirit was, what his disciples did, this ‘yes’ to God’s will lived, and lives today, and this life appears in the cross. Redemption without the cross is not the redemption in which we become one with love.

Dorothee Soelle, Thinking about God: An Introduction to Theology, pg. 132

[offcampusstillnerdy]

Excellent new resource with a ton of careful research behind it. Amazing to see how in UK some evangelical churches are confronting and undoing histories of prejudice.

[buggie-hagen]

The current trend toward Christologies of identification are no improvement. We look, supposedly, for a Jesus who identifies with us, or with whom we can identify. That backfires, for example, when feminists find it impossible to identify with a male Jesus and start casting about for female divinities. But that is symptomatic of the difficulty with all Christologies of identification. We forget or ignore the fact that Jesus was one with whom no one identified in the end. ~Gerhard O. Forde, Theology is for Proclamation, 72.

[plong42]

Robert M. Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski, The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense

Robert M. Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski, The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense @KregelAcademic -

Bowman Jr., Robert M. and J. Ed Komoszewski. The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Ministry, 2024. 853 pp. Hb. $57.99  Link to Kregel Academic   Bowman and Komoszewski have previously collaborated on Putting Jesus in His Place (Kregel, 2007). That volume was substantial, yet it is less than half the size of The Incarnate Christ and his Critics. The…

[eli-kittim]

What if the Crucifixion of Christ is a Future Event?

Read the PDF of my article, published in the Journal of Higher Criticism, vol. 13, no. 3 (2018).

[quarter]

The first edition of Kristus och Judas bears the following categorical epigraph, whose meaning, some years later, Nils Runeberg himself would monstrously dilate: Not one thing, but everything tradition attributes to Judas Iscariot is false. (De Quincey, 1857.) [...] He procceeds to offer a metaphysical explanation. Skillfully, he begins by pointing out how superfluous was the act of Judas. He observes that in order to identify a master who daily preached in the synagogue and who performed miracles before gatherings of thousands, the treachery of an apostle was not necessary. This, nevertheless, occurred. To suppose an error in the Scripture is intolerable; no less intolerable is it to admit that there was a single haphazard act in the most precious drama in the history of the world.

Ficciones, Part II: Artifices — Three Versions of Judas (1956) by Jorge Luiz Borges

[revdavidbsmith]

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

[marcella-delaney]

The more we love God, the threatened, endangered, crucified God, the nearer we are to him, the more endangered we are ourselves. The message of Jesus is that there more you grow in love, the more vulnerable you make yourself.

Dorothee Soelle, Thinking about God: An Introduction to Theology, pg. 134

[kingoftheu]

Some theologians might disagree. The concept of Virginitas in partu holds that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus. Given the emphasis on placed by the ancients on physical proof of virginity this requires "physical miracle" that would likely qualify for the Unconventional Birth Clause.

OTOH many Christian scholars do not agree with Virginitas in partu, and would agree that he was a man of woman born. I am not a theologian (thank god) but this definitely depends on the denomination.

(Although he was also God Incarnate, begotten but not made and possessing two natures, one human one divine but look I'm not looking to relitigate old schisms)

can i submit someone who absolutely cannot kill macbeth?

jesus

No, Jesus Christ from Christian Mythology could NOT kill Macbeth.

Though his conception may have been esoteric, the delivery certainly wasn't, eliminating him for the Unconventional Birth Clause. One could argue that the whole reason that Jesus got popular in the first place was specifically because he was a man of woman born.

Thank you VERY much for your submission!

[thinkingonscripture]

The Suffering of Jesus Christ

When God the Son added perfect humanity to Himself, this enabled Him to experience suffering and death with, and on behalf of, humanity. The suffering of Christ may be viewed in at least two ways: 1) His suffering during His time on earth prior to the cross, and 2) the suffering of the cross. As the God-Man, Jesus was perfectly holy in all His thoughts, words, and actions. Such perfect holiness…

[tarragonblack123581321345589]

THEOLOGY

THEOLOGY is the study of the nature of God and religious belief.

AREAS OF THEOLOGY

■Paterology

The study of GOD, the father, is the focus of this area.

The etiology of the word "PATEROLOGY" is Greek:

□πατήρ (patḗr, father)

□λογος (logos, study)

■Bibliology

The study of the theological doctrine of the Bible is examined in this area.

The etiology of the word "BIBLIOLOGY" is Greek:

□βίβλος (biblos, book)

□λογος (logos, study)

■Christology

The study of the person, nature, and role of Christ is revealed in this area.

The etiology of the word "CHRISTOLOGY" is HEBREW:

□χριστός (chrīstós, "anointed one") □מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, messiah); this word will originally mean someone who is anointed.

□λογος (logos, study)

■Anthropology

The study of the meaning of the human story as it is lived out before, with, and by God.

□λογος (logos, study)

■Soteriology

The study of salvation is considered and reviewed through our perspective.

□λογος (logos, study)

■Pneumatology

The study of the Holy Spirit is witnessed and evaluated.

□λογος (logos, study)

■Angelology

The study of the theological doctrine of angels is examined.

□λογος (logos, study)

■Ecclesiology

The study of the nature and structure of the Christian Church is revealed.

□λογος (logos, study)

■Eschatology

The study of the death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.

□λογος (logos, study)

[entanglingbriars]

Note that for Athanasian Creed affirming Christians, Jesus was/is not something other than human, but rather fully human and fully God.

Hello Tumblr. Poll time:

I didn't know exactly how to phrase the first one, but if you consider yourself a Christian, you probably fit the first one.

Remember to reblog so that this gets out of the religious echo chamber!! [this is a religious blog and I don't want the results to be biased lol]

[chicoinematt7]

How to Reconcile Mary as Mediator with 1 Timothy 2:5

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on May 13,  2019. May 13th, 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the Marian Apparitions at Fatima, Portugal. I participated in a 33-day Marian consecration that culminated on the Feast of Fatima.  Because of the honor Catholics bestow towards Mary, it is important to dispel common misunderstandings non-Catholics may have about the Blessed Mother…

[revdavidbsmith]

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.