week 6: obstacles to Christology

Question 1

presupposition-less study objection

Answer 1

faith is a bias preventing an impartial study

Question 2

presupposition-less study response

Answer 2

presupposition-less study is not possible (physics class example); the question is whether one’s presuppositions are warranted (faith is the hermeneutical key to unlock the true identity of Jesus Christ)

Question 3

denial of possibility of miracles presuppositions

Answer 3

inspiration/inerrancy of Scripture; historicity of the Gospels

Question 4

who is the main objector of the miracles in the Gospel?

Answer 4

David Hume

Question 5

Denial of the possibility of miracles response

Answer 5

1. Miracles are possible and have happened
2. The Gospels are historically reliable
3. Scripture is divinely inspired and inerrant

Question 6

Magisterial teaching presupposition

Answer 6

Magisterial teaching is perennially valid