who is jesus christ 2011
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Presented by Rev Fr. Michael Chua on 7.8.2011 at SFX-PJ-RCIATRANSCRIPT
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Who is Jesus Christ?Rite of Christian Initiation
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Who is God?
• False Images of God
• Revelation – General & Specific
• Characteristics of God
• A Relational God
• God and Suffering
• How do we speak of God?
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In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he spoke to us through a son … Heb 1:1ff
JESUS CHRIST
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• What is the single most important thing that distinguishes Christianity from all other religions?
• It is not a thing. It is a Person. It is JESUS CHRIST, or rather our understanding and belief of who Jesus Christ is to us and to the world.
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Significance of Jesus in Human History
• Modern Calendar begins with his birth
• 2.5 Billion Christians (1.2 Billion Catholics)
• Values of Civilisation – Freedom, Equality, Human Rights
• Bible – most read book
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Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
• Born in Bethlehem – 7-2 BC• Grew up in Nazareth• Began public life – 30 years
(Luke 3:23)• 3 years ministry (Gospel of
John)• Died in Jerusalem –
Crucifixion – 30 – 31 AD • After 3 days rose from dead• After 40 days – ascended to
heaven
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JESUS OF HISTORY
CHRIST OF FAITH
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What are the titles of Jesus Christ?
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Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say I am?' And they told him, 'John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.' 'But you,' he asked them, 'who do you say I am?' Peter spoke up and said to him, 'You are the Christ.' And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. Mark 8:27-30
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The Great Christological Question
Who do you say I am?
Mk 8:27-30; Mt 16:13-20; Lk 9:18-21 (Jn 6:68-69)
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The Answer• “You are the Messiah” (Mk 8:29)
• “Christ of God” (Lk 9:20)
• “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God” (Mt 16:16)
• “You are the Holy One of God” (Jn 6:69)
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Tension between Polarities
Jesus of History Christ of Faith
Christology from Below
Christology from Above
Jesus Fully Human
Jesus Fully Divine
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Jesus ַע�� �ׁש�ּו ֵי
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Christ Χριστός
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Son of Man υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου
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Son of God υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ
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Lord Κυριός
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Reasons for development in Post-biblical Christology
• Inquisitive mind
• Challenge of dissident opinions
• Inculturation – communicating across cultural
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Christological Spectrum
Jesus is man not God
Jesus is God not man
Adoptionist, Arians
Gnosticism, Docetism
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Christological Heresies
Docetism
Arianism
Nestorianism
Ebionitism
Appollinarism
Euthycism
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The 4 Ecumenical Councils• Council of Nicea 325
AD
• 1st Council of Constantinople 381 AD
• Council of Ephesus 431 AD
• Council of Chalcedon 451 AD
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3 Dogmatic Components of Chalcedon
• Jesus is Divine
• Jesus is Human
• The Divine and the Human are United in One Person
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Christological Criteria
• Jesus is fully divine, fully human and the divine and human are united in one person, Jesus Christ.
• There is no radical separation between the Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith. Jesus Christ is “for us” is who Jesus Christ “is”
• Jesus’ Life, death and resurrection are redemptive. He is the unique & universal Saviour of the World!
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Theology of Salvation
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Some Modern Christological controversies
• Old Heresies in new garb, e.g. Jehovah Witnesses, LDS, Gnosticism, Unitarians
• Syncretism – Unification, Baha’i, ISKCON
• Relativism – New age spirituality, ideological pluralism
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