Christology is that part of Christian theology that studies and defines who Jesus the Christ was and is. It is generally less concerned with the minor details of his life; rather it deals with who he was, the incarnation, and the major events of his life (his birth, death, and resurrection). Important issues in Christology include: His human nature His divine nature The interrelationship between these two natures; how they interacted and affected each other Christology may also cover ...

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Christology

The study of the Biblical Jesus in light of the claim that he was the only incarnation of the Christ.

(See also: Christology, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Some important controversies have included the controversy with Arians over Christ's divinity and relationship with the Father, which led to the adoption of the Nicene-Constantinople Creed; the controversy over Nestorianism, and that over Monophysitism (and its derivates Monothelitism and Monoenergism) which led to the first Seven Ecumenical Councils and their many decrees, canons and professions of faith. The adoption of the Chalcedonian view of Christology was, as Karl Rahner would say, key to the beginning of Christological Discussion. Other controvers ...

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Christology, Christology - Some Christological viewpoints, Christology - Print resources

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The Christological argument for the existence of God is a relatively modern argument. It is an indirect argument based on the claims of Jesus Christ. That is, if one accepts that Jesus existed, that the Biblical account of Jesus is largely true, that Jesus' claims are valid, and that Jesus claims God exists, one should accept God exists. Modern evangelism often takes this approach. Potential converts are introduced to Jesus as a historical character and the merits of Jesus's teachings are discussed. In such a context, the histo ...

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Main article: Christology Christology is that part of Christian theology that studies and defines who Jesus Christ is. It is generally less concerned with the minor details of his life; rather it deals with who he was, the incarnation, and the major events of his life (his birth, death, and resurrection), and the nature of miracles. Christology may also cover questions concerning the Trinity, and what, if anything, Christ accomplished for the rest of humanity. There are almost as many Christological views as there ...

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Christian views of Jesus, Christian views of Jesus - Belief in the divinity, Christian views of Jesus - Life, Christian views of Jesus - Birth and childhood, Christian views of Jesus - The ministry and message of Jesus, Christian views of Jesus - Arrest trial and crucifixion, Christian views of Jesus - Resurrection Ascension and Second Coming, Christian views of Jesus - Miracles performed, Christian views of Jesus - Quotes, Christian views of Jesus - Christology, Christian views of Jesus - Differences in interpretation

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In Christianity, Docetism is the belief, regarded by most theologians as heretical, that Jesus did not have a physical body; rather, that his body was an illusion, as was his crucifixion. This belief is most commonly attributed to the Gnostics, who believed that matter was evil, and hence that God would not take on a material body. This sort of statement, however, is rooted in the idea that a divine spark is imprisoned within the material body and that the material body is in itself an obstacle, deliberately created by an evil lesser god (the demiurge) for this purpose, that prevents man from seeing his ...

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Nestorianism is the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, rather than as a unified person. This doctrine is identified with Nestorius (c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, although it is inappropriately named since he himself denied holding this belief. This view of Christ was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over this view led to the Nestorian schism, separating the Ass ...

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• Nestorianism - Nestorius
• Nestorianism - Christological implications
• Nestorianism - The involvement of the Assyrian Church
• Nestorianism - The spread of Nestorianism
• Nestorianism - Modern Nestorianism

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Kenosis is a Greek word for emptiness, which is used as a theological term. As an ancient Greek word, κένωσις kénōsis means an "emptying", from κενός kenós "empty". The word is mainly used, however, in a Christian theological context, for example Philippians 2:7, "Jesus made himself nothing (ἐκένωσε ekénōse) ..." (NIV) or "...he emptied himself..." (NRSV), using the verb form κενόω kenóō "to empty". Kenosis - Kenosis in Christology. < ...

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• Kenosis - Kenosis in Christology
• Kenosis - Eastern Orthodox Mysticism
• Kenosis - The kenotic ethic
• Kenosis - Kenosis in literary aesthetics

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Marcionism is the dualist belief system that originates in the teachings of Marcion of Sinope at Rome around the year 144 CE (115 years and 6 months from the Crucifixion, according to Tertullian's reckoning in Adversus Marcionem, xv). Marcionism reflects a different understanding of the roots of Christian belief than that commonly held today. To the early church, the source of the most persistent persecution of Christians was from Judaism,[1] and they understood that the Old Testament's theology of wrath was different from th ...

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• Marcionism - History
• Marcionism - Teachings
• Marcionism - Criticisms
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Bernhard Rothmann, or Bernard Rothmann, (ca. 1495 - ca. 1535) was a 16th century Reformer and an Anabaptist leader in the city of Münster. He was born in Stadtlohn around 1495. Bernhard Rothmann - Overview. In the late 1520s Bernard Rothmann became the leader for religious reform in the city of Münster. In his sermons he condemned Catholic doctrines such as purgatory and the use of images, as well as the low morals of the priests. He suffered censure of the Catholic bishop in 1531, and afterwards denied t ...

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• Bernhard Rothmann - Overview
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• Bernhard Rothmann - Baptism
• Bernhard Rothmann - Bible
• Bernhard Rothmann - Christology
• Bernhard Rothmann - Church
• Bernhard Rothmann - Polygamy
• Bernhard Rothmann - Rothmann's Legacy
• Bernhard Rothmann - Rothmann's Writings
• Bernhard Rothmann - Reference
• Bernhard Rothmann - Footnotes

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Aslan the "Great Lion" is the main character in The Chronicles of Narnia a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He appears in all seven books of the series. The word aslan is both Turkish and Persian/Farsi for "lion" and is used as a title for Ottoman/Seljukid and Persian rulers. The figure of Aslan may have been suggested by a mysterious lion which suddenly appears and disappears at key moments in the novel The Place of the Lion, by Lewis' close friend Charles Williams. Aslan ...

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• Aslan - Christological aspects
• Aslan - Role in the Narnia narrative
• Aslan - Portrayals in film and television

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Babai the Great (c.551-628) is one of the pillars of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was the unofficial head of his church, revived the Assyrian monastic movement, and formulated its Christology in a systematic way. Babai the Great - Biography. Babai the Great was born in Beth Ainata in Beth Zabdai. Born to a wealthy Persian family, he received a primary education in the Persian (Pahlavi) books. He continued his studies at the Christian School of Nisibis under the directorship of Abraham of Beth Rabban. ...

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• Babai the Great - Biography
• Babai the Great - Babai's teaching
• Babai the Great - Babai's writing
• Babai the Great - Babai's christology

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Christocentric is a doctrinal term within Christianity pertaining to teachings focused on Jesus Christ, the second person of the Christian Trinity, as opposed to the Holy Spirit or God the Father. It is making Christ, or Christianity, the central theme, about which all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending towards Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. See also Christology Other related archivesChrist, Christianity, Christology, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Trinit

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In Christian theology, several belief systems that hold, for various reasons, that reason is irrelevant to religious faith have been labelled as fideism. The word is also occasionally used to refer to the Protestant belief that Christians are saved by faith alone: for which see sola fide. This position is sometimes called solifidianism. Fideism - The logic of fideism. Alvin Plantinga defines "fideism" as "the exclusive or basic reliance upon faith alone, accompanied by a consequent disp ...

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• Fideism - The logic of fideism
• Fideism - Fideism in Christianity
• Fideism - Tertullian and fideism
• Fideism - Blaise Pascal and fideism
• Fideism - Kierkegaard and fideism
• Fideism - Fideism and presuppositional apologetics
• Fideism - Theologies opposed to fideism
• Fideism - Fideism rejected by the Roman Catholic Church
• Fideism - The Christological argument in Protestantism
• Fideism - Fideism in Islam
• Fideism - External link

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Theotokos (Greek Θεοτόκος) is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This term is used especially in the Orthodox Church and related traditions. Theotokos - Etymology and translation. Theotokos is a compound of two Greek words, θεος "God" and τοκος "parturition, childbirth." Literally, this translates as "God-bearer" or "One who gave birth to God." However, since many English-speaking Orthodox find this literal translation is awkward, in liturgical use, "Theotokos ...

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• Theotokos - Etymology and translation
• Theotokos - Theology
• Theotokos - Use of Theotokos in the early Christian Church
• Theotokos - Third Ecumenical Council
• Theotokos - Hymns
• Theotokos - Icons

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A number of groups and persons have voiced criticisms of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which are summarized below. Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Outsider criticisms of Seventh-day Adventism. Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Cult status. Disputes have arisen among Evangelical counter-cult authors over whether Seventh-day Adventism is a cult, as is, a group which deviate from their views on biblical orthodoxy. In the late 1950s, Walter Martin a ...

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• Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Outsider criticisms of Seventh-day Adventism
• Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Cult status
• Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Works based teaching
• Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Christology
• Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Annihilationism
• Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Investigative Judgment and Salvation

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Origen (ca. 182–ca. 251) was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. He is thought to have been born at Alexandria, and died at Caesarea. His writings are important as one of the first serious intellectual attempts to describe Christianity. Origen - Life. Origen - Early training. His full name was apparently Origenes Adamantius. He was educated by his father, Leonides, on the Bible ...

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• Origen - Life
• Origen - Early training
• Origen - Conflict with Demetrius and removal to Caesarea
• Origen - Works
• Origen - Exegetical writings
• Origen - Extant commentaries of Origen
• Origen - Dogmatic practical and apologetic writings
• Origen - Views
• Origen - Philosophical and religious
• Origen - Theological and dogmatic
• Origen - The Logos doctrine and cosmology
• Origen - Christology
• Origen - Eschatology
• Origen - Character
• Origen - Origen's influence on the later Church
• Origen - Reference

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The Chalcedonian churches are those Christian churches who follow the Christological teachings of the Council of Chalcedon, in contradistinction to Nestorians, Monophysites and Monothelites. The latter are sometimes referred to collectively as non-Chalcedonian. Some non-Chalcedonians call the Chalcedonian teaching Dyophysitic. The primary emphasis of Chalcedonian christology is the full humanity and full divinity of Jesus, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Oriental Orthodoxy viewed this as equating them with Nestorianism (due to the a ...

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• Arianism - Beliefs
• Arianism - The Council of Nicea and its aftermath
• Arianism - The theological debates reopen
• Arianism - Nicene Christianity becomes the state religion of Rome
• Arianism - Arianism in the early medieval Germanic kingdoms
• Arianism - Arian as a polemical epithet
• Arianism - Bibliography

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The Virgin Birth is a key doctrine of the Christian faith, and is also held to be true by Muslims (Qur'an 3.47), however, they do not call him (Jesus) "Son of God", rather "Servant of God". In the Qur'an, Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is consistently termed "Isa ibn Maryam" - a matronymic - because, in Muslim belief, he had no biological father. The doctrine asserts that Jesus was conceived in the womb of his mother, the Virgin Mary, without the participation of a human father. Instead, the Miraculous Conception (not the ...

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• Virgin Birth - Scriptural and philological controversy
• Virgin Birth - Alleged late appearance in the New Testament
• Virgin Birth - Saint Paul
• Virgin Birth - Dispute regarding Isaiah 7:14
• Virgin Birth - Possible borrowing from Paganism
• Virgin Birth - Use in modern storytelling

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