Christology
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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
In fact, says Bethge, it was Bonhoeffer's deep Christology that enabled him to foresee a world "come of age" in which faith could exist without the traditional piety of the churches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Washington, D.C.-Richmond program requires a heavy three-year schedule of part-time classes ranging from Christology to electives like Ecumenism.
From Time Magazine Archive
The basic question is this: Does the Church have an authentic teaching on Christology?
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 Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)
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 Buchanan, Neil
The Pauline and Johannine Christologies gave cosmic significance to His work, and so inevitably to His Person.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)
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 Buchanan, Neil
Yet, in spite of all transitional forms, the two Christologies may be clearly distinguished.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
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 Buchanan, Neil
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