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Christology

American  
[kri-stol-uh-jee] / krɪˈstɒl ə dʒi /

noun

plural

Christologies
  1. the branch of theology dealing with the nature, person, and deeds of Jesus Christ.

  2. an interpretation of the nature, person, and deeds of Christ.


Christology British  
/ krɪˈstɒlədʒɪ, ˌkrɪstəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, kraɪ- /

noun

  1. the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Christology

First recorded in 1665–75; Christo- + -logy

Example Sentences

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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

Like Jesuit Karl Rahner and other contemporary theologians, he starts his Christology "from below," with the man Jesus, and works upward toward his divinity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The basic question is this: Does the Church have an authentic teaching on Christology?

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the text of his 1933 lectures on Christology at the University of Berlin, which Bethge reconstructed from student notes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whether Paul himself so conceived it or not, the Gentile world had no other moulds of thought wherein to formulate such a Christology than the current myths of Redeemer-gods.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner