The person of christ

• what is the tern Christians use to describe Jesus' unique nature and divine relationship with God the father?

  The son of god
• What is the term used to describe the belief that Jesus is both fully God and fully human?

  hypostatic union
• what is the Greek word meaning "of the same substance" and is used to affirm Jesus is the same essence as God the father?

  homoousias
• what is the word that describes Jesus as "Word" of god in Christian theology?


  logos
• the belief that Jesus took human flesh and became man is known as

  incarnation
• what is the term meaning "anointed one" referring to Jesus as promised saviour?

  Messiah
• what is the doctrine called that describes the Christian belief in One God in 3 persons- father, son and holy spirit?

  Trinity
• what is doctrine referring to?

  teachings
• what does kenosis mean?

  emptying
• what are some biblical examples of Jesus' human emotions?

  Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:40-46), Grief over Lazarus (John 11:35)
• what are the 3 types of knowledge that Jesus may have had known?

  visionas, infusa, experientiae
• how did Karl Rahner explain Jesus' self-knowledge?

  Jesus was layered like an onion
• How did Gerald O'Collins?

  Jesus could be conscious of his divine self without knowing it
• 3 examples of jesus miracles?

  1. Healing the sick

  2. Walking on water

  3. Calming the weather
• 3 critiques of miracles-

  proof? point? signs? literally?
• what did Aquinas say was the 3 kinds of knowledge?

  scientia visionas, scientia infusa and scientia experientiae
• what is meant by scientia visionas?

  God eyeview- supernatural
• what is meant by scientia infusa?

  infused knowledge- supernatural
• what is meant by scientia experientiae?

  regular human experience
• what did Karl Rahner say?

  human experience= include unknown. Jesus must have had the same to be human.

  Jesus was like an onion= has layers- self-awareness is layered for all humans - surface level (experience as humans) - divine consciousness present deep within
• what did Gerald O'Collins say?

  self-knowledge= complex- Jesus could be conscious of his divine self without 'knowing' it

  "His basic awareness of Sonship did not mean observing the presence of God, as if Jesus were facing an object out there"
• what is a miracle?

  an event that breaches the laws of nature
• what miracles are mentioned in the specification?

  Healing the sick- Blind Man (John 9:1-41)

  Walking on water (Mark 6:47-52)

  Calming the weather (Mark 6:47-52)
• what is Dunamis?

  power to carry out miracles- theandric dunamis- Jesus carrying out dunamis
• what are the criticisms?

  proof of him being God?

  Did Jesus choose when to perform miracles or is he instructed to?

  Are they 'signs to illustrate the role of Jesus plays in salvation?

  Are they to be taken literally?
• what did Hume say?

  we have no experience of miracles in the present day. So we take them on trust or we reject their occurrence.
• what did Schillebeeckx say?

  miracles have literal and metaphorical significance. Christ can calm both literal and metaphorical storms. Still requires faith
• what did NT Wright say?

  Jesus' miracles as targeted towards those who are outcasts or marginalised (harmatalos). An instruction on how to live. What the goal of God's Kingdom is. Jesus miracles are more about getting a message across than being 'incredible acts.' Blindness= faithlessness
• John 1:1: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'
• John 1:18: 'No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.'
• John 20:28: 'Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God.'
• Hebrews 1:8-9: 'But about the Son he says, Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a sceptre of justice will be the sceptre of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness: therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.'
• Romans 9:5: 'Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.'
• Titus 2:13: 'While we wait for the blessed hope-the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.'
• 2 Peter 1:1: 'Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours.'
• 1 John 5:20: 'We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.'
• Romans 8:32: 'He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?'