The person of Jesus Flashcards
The transfiguration
When Jesus meets Elijah, Abraham and Moses and God declares Jesus as his sin
Hypostatic union
Belief in the perfect conjunction of Jesus’ two natures (100% God and 100% human)
St John quote on trinity
“The Word was God”
Thomas quote on trinity
(to Jesus)
“My lord and my God”
John quote on Jesus’ divinity
“God’s spirit will come again in Jesus’ name”
Matthew quote on Jesus’ divinity
“Jesus has a saving God-like power”
Corinthians on how Jesus was treated
“Jesus is worshipped, something done to a God”
Karl Rahner quote
“Human consciousness must have an unknown future in front of it”
Hume’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles
Jesus’ miracles in the New Testament cant be trusted. Either the gospel accounts must be trusted or rejected. If accepted it shows Jesus’ power.
Schiellbeck’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles
Can be interpreted with a metaphorical meaning today.
NT Wright’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles
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
St Paul resurrection quote
A christian faith without resurrection is impossible.
“He did not raise him if in fact the dead aren’t raised”
E.P Saunders quote
“Without the resurrection, would Jesus’ disciples endured? Probably not”
Jesus morality quote
“Being morally pure was more important than maintaining ritual purity”
Hick’s interpretation of Jesus’ as an incarnate
Metaphorical understanding - Jesus remains close to God and is an inspiration for Christians today to live a moral life
Bishop Apollinaris of Laodicea on the human mind
“Human mind is enslaved to filthy thoughts”
Evidence for Jesus as a revolutionary
Turning over the money changers tables in the temple as they were exploiting their role
Quote for Jesus as a revolutionary
“I did not come to bring peace, but a sword”
Early Church on Jesus’ image
Historians argue that the early church tidied up Jesus’ image
Quote showing Jesus had an unknown future
“My father…Take this cup from me”
Fear of arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane
Healing miracle
Healed a man who was blind from birth
Raising from dead miracle
Raised Lazaraus from the dead
Demon exorcism miracle
Restores a possessed man and gave his inner demons to pigs
Food miracle
Distributed enough food from 2 fish and 5 loafs of bread to feed 5000 people
“We have here but 5 loafs and 2 fishes”
Forgiving sin miracle
Healed a paralysed man from his sins and made him able to walk
“son; your sins are forgiven”
Dawkins quote
“Jesus was a great moral teacher”
CS Lewis quote
“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”
John Hick quote
“He was like many others; Moses, Jeremiah, Muhammed ect”
Bonhoeffer
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.
Aslan on Jesus’ role
Jesus was supposedly teaching to act as a zealot. Sees his role as an attempt to free Israel.
Brandon on Jesus’ role
Liberator of the church through fighting for freedom, ensures that Christ is fully engaged with affairs of the world.
Boff quote on Jesus’ role
“Jesus Christ as the liberator…committed to economic, social and political liberation of the oppressed”
Quote showing Jesus’ human emotion
“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow”
(Garden of Gethsemane)
Torres Restrepo on Jesus’ role
A revolutionary for “siding with debt collectors and sinners”
Raymond Brown quote
Jesus must’ve had an “incredibly special relationship with God to be able to claim divinity”
The transfiguration quote
God says “this is my son”
Hick and Ehrman on the gospel of John
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)
Williams’ response to Hick and Ehrman
Earlier gospels show Jesus’ divinity through miracles
Channing on the trinity
Jesus in the trinity creates “infinite confusion” as humanity and divinity are incompatible. Divinity is infinite but humanity is not.
Barth on Jesus’ hypostatic nature
“A suitable term for it doesn’t exist”
As divinity is beyond our understanding.
Craig’s criticism to CS Lewis and Jesus’ claiming to be the son of God
He could have been completely deluded in thinking he was the son of God - this doesn’t make him any less moral.
Criticism of Jesus’ miracles
Old Testament prophets did miracles eg Moses parted the red sea. However he did not qualify as the son of God.
Jesus moral quotes
“Love thy neighbour”
“Turn the other cheek”
“Forgive not 7 but 77 times”
Wright on Jesus’ help
It is more important to focus on who Jesus helped as opposed to how - aka the oppressed in society.
Guitierrez
Claimed that Jesus could have been a zealot
By thinking of Jesus as a liberator, the Christ of faith is fully engaged in the affairs of the world
If this doesn’t happen, then all the characters from the Gospels become fictional rather than actual people with the same kind of issues we deal with in modern day
