The person of Jesus

Question 1

The transfiguration

Answer 1

When Jesus meets Elijah, Abraham and Moses and God declares Jesus as his sin

Question 2

Hypostatic union

Answer 2

Belief in the perfect conjunction of Jesus’ two natures (100% God and 100% human)

Question 3

St John quote

Answer 3

“The Word was God”

Question 4

Thomas quote

Answer 4

(to Jesus)
“My lord and my God”

Question 5

John 14;16 quote

Answer 5

“God’s spirit will come again in Jesus’ name”

Question 6

Matthew 1;21 quote

Answer 6

“Jesus has a saving God-like power”

Question 7

1 Corinthians

Answer 7

“Jesus is worshipped, something done to a God”

Question 8

Karl Rahner quote

Answer 8

“Human consciousness must have an unknown future in front of it”

Question 9

Hume’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles

Answer 9

Jesus’ miracles in the New Testament cant be trusted. Either the gospel accounts must be trusted or rejected. If accepted it shows Jesus’ power.

Question 10

Schiellbeck’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles

Answer 10

Can be interpreted with a metaphorical meaning today.

Question 11

NT Wright’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles

Answer 11

Jesus cures people from groups who have been excluded/oppressed.

Miracles show a greater authority than a power to alter the way the universe works

Question 12

St Paul resurrection quote

Answer 12

A christian faith without resurrection is impossible.

“He did not raise him if in fact the dead aren’t raised”

Question 13

E.P Saunders quote

Answer 13

“Without the resurrection, would Jesus’ disciples endured? Probably not”

Question 14

Jesus morality quote

Answer 14

“Being morally pure was more important than maintaining ritual purity”

Question 15

Hick’s interpretation of Jesus’ as an incarnate

Answer 15

Metaphorical understanding - Jesus remains close to God and is an inspiration for Christians today to live a moral life

Question 16

Bishop Apollinaris of Laodicea on the human mind

Answer 16

“Human mind is enslaved to filthy thoughts”

Question 17

Evidence for Jesus as a revolutionary

Answer 17

Turning over the money changers tables in the temple as they were exploiting their role

Question 18

Quote for Jesus as a revolutionary

Answer 18

“I did not come to bring peace, but a sword”

Question 19

Early Church on Jesus’ image

Answer 19

Historians argue that the early church tidied up Jesus’ image

Question 20

Quote showing Jesus had an unknown future

Answer 20

“My father…Take this cup from me”
Fear of arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane

Question 21

Healing miracle

Answer 21

Healed a man who was blind from birth

Question 22

Raising from dead miracle

Answer 22

Raised Lazaraus from the dead

Question 23

Demon exorcism miracle

Answer 23

Restores a possessed man and gave his inner demons to pigs

Question 24

Food miracle

Answer 24

Distributed enough food from 2 fish and 5 loafs of bread to feed 5000 people

“We have here but 5 loafs and 2 fishes”

Question 25

Forgiving sin miracle

Answer 25

Healed a paralysed man from his sins and made him able to walk

“son; your sins are forgiven”

Question 26

Dawkins quote

Answer 26

“Jesus was a great moral teacher”

Question 27

CS Lewis quote

Answer 27

“A man who is merely a man and said the things that Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher - he would be a lunatic or a poached egg”

Question 28

John Hick quote

Answer 28

“He was like many others; Moses, Jeremiah, Muhammed ect”

Question 29

Bonhoeffer

Answer 29

Jesus embracement of suffering and death for his faith is reflected in Bonhoeffers actions.
If it wasn’t for Jesus he could be deemed as a terrorist.

Question 30

Aslan on Jesus’ role

Answer 30

Jesus was supposedly teaching to act as a zealot. Sees his role as an attempt to free Israel.

Question 31

Brandon on Jesus’ role

Answer 31

Liberator of the church through fighting for freedom, ensures that Christ is fully engaged with affairs of the world.

Question 32

Boff quote on Jesus’ role

Answer 32

“Jesus Christ as the liberator…committed to economic, social and political liberation of the oppressed”

Question 33

Quote showing Jesus’ human emotion

Answer 33

“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow”
(Garden of Gethsemane)

Question 34

Torres Restrepo on Jesus’ role

Answer 34

A revolutionary for “siding with debt collectors and sinners”

Question 35

Raymond Brown quote

Answer 35

Jesus must’ve had an “incredibly special relationship with God to be able to claim divinity”

Question 36

The transfiguration quote

Answer 36

God says “this is my son”

Question 37

Hick and Ehrman on the gospel of John

Answer 37

It was the last to be written - casting doubt on its credibility because it was written so long after the events.
(Focuses on Jesus as the incarnate)

Question 38

Williams’ response to Hick and Ehrman

Answer 38

Earlier gospels show Jesus’ divinity through miracles

Question 39

Channing on the trinity

Answer 39

Jesus in the trinity creates “infinite confusion” as humanity and divinity are incompatible. Divinity is infinite but humanity is not.

Question 40

Barth on Jesus’ hypostatic nature

Answer 40

“A suitable term for it doesn’t exist”
As divinity is beyond our understanding.

Question 41

Craig’s criticism to CS Lewis and Jesus’ claiming to be the son of God

Answer 41

He could have been completely deluded in thinking he was the son of God - this doesn’t make him any less moral.

Question 42

Criticism of Jesus’ miracles

Answer 42

Old Testament prophets did miracles eg Moses parted the red sea. However he did not qualify as the son of God.

Question 43

Jesus moral quotes

Answer 43

“Love thy neighbour”
“Turn the other cheek”
“Forgive not 7 but 77 times”