Christology
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Christologies
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the branch of theology dealing with the nature, person, and deeds of Jesus Christ.
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an interpretation of the nature, person, and deeds of Christ.
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He took one class, early Christology, but says he “spent more time trying to find a parking space” than in class and quickly dropped out.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2010
The basic question is this: Does the Church have an authentic teaching on Christology?
From Time Magazine Archive
The other important Dutch liberal is Dominican Edward Schillebeeckx, whose first volume on Christology will be published in English by Seabury later this year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disputes over Christology are not limited to Catholics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Antiochians differed from the Apollinarians in the starting-point of their Christology and in the controlling motive of their thought.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
In the case of those Christologies which start with Christ as the heavenly spiritual being, it is found in the belief in an actual incarnation.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
We do not see, then, in Christ, a perfect isolated God, joined to a perfect isolated man, in what were indeed the incredible terms of the older and superseded Christologies.
From Preaching and Paganism by Albert Parker Fitch
Yet, in spite of all transitional forms, the two Christologies may be clearly distinguished.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
The most popular of the three Christologies briefly characterised above was undoubtedly that of the Valentinians.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
But other Christologies also arose in Marcion's church, which is again a proof that it was not dependent on scholastic teaching, and therefore could take part in the later development of doctrines.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
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