Jesus Christ fact test Flashcards
What two Roman historians provide non-biased evidence of Jesus’ existence?
Taticus and josephus
what did Taticus find?
he a Roman historian who recorded that Jesus was sentenced t death by Ponitus Pilot
what did josephus do?
recorded that Jesus was baptised by his cousin John.
what does hypostatic union mean?
fully man and fully God
Why did the Church declare the ‘Arian Controversy’ a heresy?
Arius rejected the belief that the Son existed before the incarnation
This is problematic because Jesus must have existed since he is a part of God, in the begging the word was God and the word was with God
What are the four categories of miracles Jesus is said to have performed?
Over nature, healing, exorcism and resurrection
describe an exorcism of Jesus
Luke describes a synagogue in which a man is possessed by a spirit, Jesus called out ‘come out of him’ The demon through him down and came out of the man leaving him unharmed.
describe a nature miracle of Jesus
Mathew describes Jesus and his disciples in a boat at sea, in which turns to chaos. They go to wake jesus to warn him and they ask why they have no faith. Jesus stopped the winds and waves until it was calm
what did Strobel argue?
Which scholar can we use to argue that the similarities between the gospels give the account of Jesus’ miracles authenticity
what did schillebeeckx argue?
the miracles werent literal events but spritual metaphors that discussed and critisiced the time. For example, Jesus touching the bleeding woman was a hit at the cleanliness at the time.
who were the women at Jesus’ ressurrection?
mary magdelene, mary and martha
what does Pannenberg argue?
It would force them to change their lives
C.S. Lewis argue about Jesus being more than just a human teacher of wisdom - Quote
‘either this man was the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse’
