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authorCamil Staps2016-05-27 20:00:03 +0200
committerCamil Staps2016-05-27 20:00:03 +0200
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Summary chapter 9; formatting
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\section{Theology in the patristic era}
Christianity is culturally rooted in both Judaism and Greco-Romanism: since
Jesus was a Jew, many patterns from the Hebrew Bible are taken over by the
-evangelists, and since early Christian theologians were in constant dialogue
-with the Greek intellectual tradition, that is available around the
-Mediterranean Sea thanks to Hellenisation.
+evangelists. Also, early Christian theologians were in constant dialogue with
+the Greek intellectual tradition, that is available around the Mediterranean
+Sea thanks to Hellenisation.
The \index{Apostolic fathers}apostolic fathers are those theologians that were
active in the late first to mid-second century. They are mainly concerned with
@@ -87,13 +87,14 @@ divine persons (hypostaseis or personae) who share one essence or substance
(ousia or substantia).
On Christ, the question was how He can be both divine and human. The
-Alexandrian school (notably \index{Apollinarius}Apollinarius) emphasised his
-divinity and the unity of his person: the Logos overshadowed Jesus' humanity;
-the Antiochene school (Theodore of Mopsuestia) his humanity and his two
-natures: how could a non-human ever redeem humanity? The Alexiandrans proposed
-the term \index{Theotokos}\emph{Theotokos}, `God-bearer', intensifying the
-debate. This idea was confirmed at \index{Chalcedon}Chalcedon in 451, where it
-was also said that Christ is \emph{one} person with \emph{two} natures.
+\index{Alexandria!School of}Alexandrian school (notably
+\index{Apollinarius}Apollinarius) emphasised his divinity and the unity of his
+person: the Logos overshadowed Jesus' humanity; the \index{Antioch!School
+of}Antiochene school (Theodore of Mopsuestia) his humanity and his two natures:
+how could a non-human ever redeem humanity? The Alexiandrans proposed the term
+\index{Theotokos}\emph{Theotokos}, `God-bearer', intensifying the debate. This
+idea was confirmed at \index{Chalcedon}Chalcedon in 451, where it was also said
+that Christ is \emph{one} person with \emph{two} natures.
\medskip
The \index{Cappadocians}Cappadocians extended the logic of Nicea (if Jesus
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+\setcounter{section}{8}
+\section{The identity and person of Jesus Christ}
+
+In the OT, political struggles are seen as conflicts between God. The exile
+posed the difficult question whether the Babylonian gods were stronger than
+Yahweh. This allowed for the introduction of \index{Messiah}messianic and
+apocalyptic ideas: Yahweh \emph{is} the strongest and \emph{will} return. There
+were various different messianic expectation around the time of Jesus' birth.
+
+\begin{description}
+ \item[Old Testament] Four messianic ideas: (1) Davidic king
+ (2~Sam.~7:11--14,~16); God's representative and adopted son (Pss.~2;
+ 45:1--9; Is.~9:6--7); associated with righteousness, justice and later on
+ also warrior qualities. (2) Priestly messiah, mediating between Yahweh and
+ Israel (Leviticus 4; Daniel 9). (3) Prophetic messiah (Dt.~18:18). (4) Son
+ of Man, a transcendent heavenly figure that would bring salvation and
+ judgement (Dn.~7:13--14).
+
+ \item[New Testament] Jesus fulfils these expectations in surprising ways: (1)
+ as a non-violent and lowly king; (2) as the sacrifice of reconciliation
+ himself; (3) prophesying righteousness for sinners; (4) as a Son of Man
+ after whom the world did \emph{not} end.
+\end{description}
+
+In the NT, the humanity of Christ is not at issue. There are three ways to also
+argue for his deity:
+
+\begin{description}
+ \item[Titles] \emph{Messiah} does not imply deity\index{Christ!Titles of},
+ but \emph{Son of Man} may (Mk.~14:61--64). It is more clear for \emph{Son
+ of God}, and \emph{Lord} (the LXX translation of Yahweh).
+
+ \item[Divine functions] Several texts emphasise Christ's role in creation
+ (Col.~1:16, Jn.~1:1), sustenance (Col.~1:17), fulfilment (Eph.~1:9--10) and
+ re-creation (2~Cor.~5:17) of the world. Jesus also appears as Judge
+ (Mt.~25:31--46) and \index{Christ!Saviour} Saviour (the one who forgives
+ sins; Mk.~2:1--12).
+
+ \item[Worship] We find several prayers to Christ in the NT (Acts~7:59--60;
+ 1~Cor.~16:22; 2~Cor.~12:8), that would have been idolatrous if Christ
+ weren't divine.
+\end{description}
+
+The \index{Ebionism}Ebionites, wanting to preserve Judaism and therefore strict
+monotheism, thought that the Messiah was not fully divine, but entered a
+special relationship with God at his baptism. \index{Samosata!Paul of}Paul of
+Samosata continues this line of thought, suggesting that the divine attributes
+dwell in Jesus by means of \index{Adoptionism}adoption. The council of
+\index{Nicea} (325) condemned these views, establishing
+\index{Homoousios}homoousios of Christ and the Father.
+
+\index{Docetism}Docetists and \index{Gnosticism}Gnostics on the other hand
+stressed Christ's deity to the neglect of his humanity. They thought that
+Christ only seemed or appeared as human. \index{Apollinarius} taught that the
+Logos took the place of the human rational soul of Jesus. At
+\index{Constantinople} (381), Christ was declared fully human in body and soul,
+condemning all docetic strains.
+
+The \index{Alexandria!School of}Alexandrian school, building forth on Plato,
+attempts to discern higher truths in Scripture, taking an allegorical approach
+to exegesis. They promoted a Word-flesh model, wherein the Logos assumes human
+flesh. This model has difficulties allowing for Jesus' full humanity.
+
+The \index{Antioch!School of}Antiochene school on the other hand, building
+forth on Aristotle, was more content with a literal, historical interpretation
+of Scripture. They promoted a Word-man model, wherein the Logos conjoins
+himself to a whole human person, both body and soul. This model cannot answer
+the question of Christ's personal unity.
+
+\index{Nestorius}Nestorius, representing the Antiochene school, advocated two
+persons in Christ, united by a moral union of wills. He dismissed the idea of
+the \index{Theotokos}Theotokos. This position was ruled out of bounds in
+\index{Ephesus}Ephesus (431). That council affirmed one
+\index{Hypostasis}hypostasis or person as well as the Theotokos.
+
+After this, \index{Eutyches}Eutyches took the Alexandrian tendency even
+further. He taught that Christ had one nature, neither human nor divine, but a
+third sort of thing. This was unacceptable to the Antiochenes, because it
+didn't leave room for Jesus' humanity.
+
+In \index{Chalcedon}Chalcedon (451), pope Leo decided: Christ is
+\emph{consubstantial} (homoousios) with the Father, \emph{one person} (contra
+Nestorius) with \emph{two natures} (contra Eutyches: divine, contra Ebionism,
+and human, contra docetism).
+
+\medskip
+In modern times we can discern three interpretations of Christ:
+\index{Adoptionism}adoptionism (the human Jesus achieves a level of divinity
+through a relationship with the Father); \index{Functionalism}functionalism
+(Jesus receives his divine status through work that God does through him);
+\index{Exemplarism}exemplarism (Jesus is simply a exemplary teacher or moral
+leader).
+
+\medskip
+There are two incarnational models possible after Chalcedon.
+
+\begin{description}
+ \item[Two-natures] \index{Two-natures model}Jesus and the Logos are
+ identical. He has both a human and a divine nature, that are united in
+ hypostatic union. Four questions arise with this model:
+
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Is it coherent? Can one person share two natures?
+ \item Can Jesus' humanity be taken seriously if He is divine as well? Is
+ this model not actually docetic?
+ \item A solution two the last problem would be to assume both human
+ consciousness and a divine mind --- but then how should we see the
+ unity of Christ's person?
+ \item What is the scriptural basis for this model?
+ \end{itemize}
+
+ \item[Kenotic model] As in Phil.~2:6--7, \index{Kenosis}Jesus, the
+ pre-existant Son of God, \emph{emptied} himself of divine attributes to
+ become fully human. The central issue of this model is Christ's true deity.
+ We can offer three reinforcing strategies for the kenotic model based on
+ the forms of unity from Chapter 5.
+
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item All members of the Trinity share a common nature and their
+ attributes. At the kenosis, the Son lost all divine attributes except
+ one, \emph{eternality}, which lets him keep his divine status.
+ \item The members of the Trinity share a familial bond. This bond is not
+ lost at the kenosis, because Jesus is still the Son of God the Father.
+ \item The members of the Trinity are one because they share the
+ volitional ties of life and love. These ties were not affected by the
+ kenosis, because Jesus never sinned or severed fellowship with the
+ Father and Spirit (though this was not easy, recall Gethsemane).
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{description}
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-\documentclass[landscape,twocolumn,9pt,a4paper]{article}
+\documentclass[9pt,a4paper]{article}
\title{An Introduction to Christian Theology\\\normalsize{Summary of the book by Plantinga, Thompson and Lundberg}}
\author{Camil Staps}
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
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\showquestionsfalse%
-\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=3cm, inner=4cm, outer=4cm, heightrounded,
-marginparwidth=3cm, marginparsep=0.6cm]{geometry}
+\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=3cm, left=3cm, right=5cm, heightrounded,
+marginparwidth=3.8cm, marginparsep=0.4cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{multicol}
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-\renewcommand*{\marginpar}[1]{\oldmarginpar{\color{black}\if@firstcolumn\raggedleft\fi#1}}
-%\renewcommand*{\marginpar}[1]{\oldmarginpar{\color{black}\raggedright#1}}
+\renewcommand*{\marginpar}[1]{\oldmarginpar{\color{black}#1}}
% Smaller font in marginpars
\long\def\@ympar#1{%
\@savemarbox\@marbox{\scriptsize #1}%
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\input{sum-chap-3.tex}
\input{sum-chap-4.tex}
\input{sum-chap-6.tex}
+\input{sum-chap-9.tex}
\input{sum-chap-16.tex}
-\vfill\eject%
+\clearpage\onecolumn%
\begin{multicols}{3}
\printindex
\end{multicols}
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