Jesus of Nazareth the Christ Outlines of Christology

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ of Faith ..............13 The early approach ..........13 The impact of Enlightenment ...........15 The preaching Jesus and the Preached Christ ..............16 Response to Historical Skepticism: E. Kasemann, Revision in the understanding ........20 The historico-Critical Method ........23 The Criterion of Uniquences ..........25 Common points of General Agreement ......30 The Historical Jesus : A Problematic Reconstruction ........32 Two Basic Approaches in Christology .........36 Mythification and Language : Deus Ex Machina, Theologoumenon .............41 2. Old Testament Christology: Outlines ..........45 The Dynamism of Incarnation in the OT ...............45 The Divine Messianic Figure ...........47 The Promise of Salvation ..........54 3. New Testament Christology: Outlines ............57 Acts of the Apostles .......57 The Synoptics ...........60 Paul`s Epistles ............77 Peter` Epistles .........82 Epistle to the Hebrews ...........83 St. John: The Logos-Chrostology ..........85 4. The Question of the Virginal Conception of Jesus : Biblical Reflection Differing Opinion ...........89 Interlocking doctrine ..............91 The Historical Aspects ........95 5. The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus : Biblical Reflections ............101 The State of the Problem : The apocalyptic Tradition ............101 Differing Opinions...........102 The short Resurecction formulae ...........104 The Long Formula : 1 Cor 15: 3-8.......104 The Later Formulations ........106 The Burial of Jesus ...........111 6. Jesus, God and Man: The ontology of Jesus The Traditional Text-Proofs ............117 Christology in the First Centuries ..........120 The Divinity of the Word: The arian Controversy ...............133 The Council of Nicaea .........134 The Human Soul of Christ: The apollinarian Controversy ..........135 Synod of Alexandria .......138 The Cappadocian Fathers ..........138 The Origin of the Nestorian Controversy .........140 Nestorius .........142 Reaction Against Nestorius .......146 The Definition of Chalcedon .........149 Cross Predication : Communicatio Idiomatum .......152 Monothelitism : One person, one Will ..........154 7. The profound Reality of Person : Etre Relationnel ......157 Hellenization and De-Hellenization ......157 The Notion of Person .......159 Ontology of Person : Etre Relationnel .........164 Illumination from the Trinitarian Theology ..........166 Some Limits of the Notion of Person ..........168 The Etre Relationnel of Jesus Christ ........169 8. Knowledge and Self - Consciousness of Jesus Christ ..........173 Certain Pertinent Questions .......173 Self-Consciousness of Jesus ..........176 Jesus Self-Testimony ............177 9. Jesus Christ, The Saviour - Soteriology ..........187 The Physical Theory of Redemption ..........187 The moral Theory : Expiation ......190 The Pascal Mystery ..........193 Salvation as Covenant ratified by Sacrifice .....195 why suffering - Love is suffering ........197 Christ`s Blood, The Sacrifice of the New Covenant .......199 Redemption in Tradition ......207 Justification The Council of Trent ..........211 The Glorification of Jesus Christ ............216 10. The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ and the Christian Claim to Specificity and Absoluteness .........227 The Question of Absoluteness: The Philosophical Background ........228 The Absoluteness of Christianity as a Theological Question .............229 Old Testament roots ........231 The Christian Reservations ...........233 Jesus Christ, The Foundation of the CHristian Specificity Claim ...........234 The Christian Specificity Claim in Historical Development ...........238 Reflections on Christian Soteriology ..........241 11. Pluralism in Christology: The Christological Trends Today ..........249 Chalcedonian and Non-Chalcedonian Christology ..........249 Theological Repercussions ........255