The person of Jesus Flashcards

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The transfiguration

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

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Hypostatic union

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

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St John quote

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“The Word was God”

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Thomas quote

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(to Jesus)
“My lord and my God”

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John 14;16 quote

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

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Matthew 1;21 quote

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“Jesus has a saving God-like power”

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1 Corinthians

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“Jesus is worshipped, something done to a God”

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Karl Rahner quote

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

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Hume’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles

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

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Schiellbeck’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles

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Can be interpreted with a metaphorical meaning today.

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NT Wright’s interpretation of Jesus’ miracles

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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

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St Paul resurrection quote

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A christian faith without resurrection is impossible.

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

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E.P Saunders quote

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

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Jesus morality quote

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

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Hick’s interpretation of Jesus’ as an incarnate

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

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Bishop Apollinaris of Laodicea on the human mind

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“Human mind is enslaved to filthy thoughts”

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Evidence for Jesus as a revolutionary

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

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Quote for Jesus as a revolutionary

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

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Early Church on Jesus’ image

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Historians argue that the early church tidied up Jesus’ image

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Quote showing Jesus had an unknown future

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

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Healing miracle

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Healed a man who was blind from birth

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Raising from dead miracle

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Raised Lazaraus from the dead

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Demon exorcism miracle

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Restores a possessed man and gave his inner demons to pigs

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Food miracle

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

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Forgiving sin miracle

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

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Dawkins quote

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“Jesus was a great moral teacher”

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CS Lewis quote

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“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”

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John Hick quote

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

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Bonhoeffer

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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.

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Aslan on Jesus’ role

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

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Brandon on Jesus’ role

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

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Boff quote on Jesus’ role

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

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Quote showing Jesus’ human emotion

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

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Torres Restrepo on Jesus’ role

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A revolutionary for “siding with debt collectors and sinners”

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Raymond Brown quote

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