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
Among Roman Catholic thinkers, the New Christology first appeared at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in 1966, when the late Ansfried Hulsbosch, an Augustinian, issued a manifesto against the Council of Chalcedon.
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In 1972 the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its most recent declaration on Christology.
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"We have had a Christology of the moral soul.'' he said, "a Christology of history.
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The conclusion may be arrived at, however, by a shorter process, namely, by taking Paul's Christology as given by himself in his own letters, and then considering how completely it is excluded from the book.
From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
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