Bultmann

• Jesus for bultmann

  -          Authenticity and inauthenticity

  -          The New Testament is a “clarion call” to lead an authentic life

  -          At it's heart is the man jesus who was the one who lived an authentic life. He overcame the human struggle, that is the kernel of Christianity

  -          His authentic life and way of living was symbolically justified at the crucifixion and resurrection

  What was left in the bible:

  -          That god reaches out to human sinners personally

  -          That on the cross God liberated humanity in the
• the "christ event"

  -          That salvation is possible through the possibility of living an authentic human existence

  -          That jesus existed. That is all that matters. The quest for the historical jesus is unnecessary and impossible.

  The early church didn’t have the trinity in it's kerygma
• summary of Bultmann

  -          God reaches out to human sinners personally

  -          On the cross God liberated humanity in the “Christ event”

  -          Salvation is possible through the possibility of living an authentic human existence

  Jesus existed. That is all that matters. The quest for the historical jesus is unnecessary and impossible