Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The great question of Christology

The great question of Christology: Who is Jesus Christ today?
Wolfhart Pannenberg in his masterpiece, Jesus - God and Man,points out that the great question in the development of Christology is how to solve the problem of the relationship with humanity and divinity in Jesus Christ. The name Jesus Christ, coined by the early Church itself point to that problem
bringing together Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and Christ, the Messiah promised by God. Generally saying the Alexandrian school fused Jesus with God and the Antiochean school emphasized the separation between Jesus and God. There has been attempts all through the long history of the Church to go behind and beyond these "contrasting impulses". The search for the real person of Jesus Christ, in terms of his person and work is the subject matter of Christology. To raise the question who is Jesus Christ for us today in our religious, political, social cultural context of India and give our own particular answer is what is expected of every student of Christology

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