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Christology

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

noun

Christologies plural
  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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Origin of Christology

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

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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 1972 the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its most recent declaration on Christology.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not all the others accepted Yancey's Christology, but they all acknowledged prayer's expansion into compassion.

From Time Magazine Archive

That it is annexed to the person and history of one individual is a necessary result of the historical form which Christology has taken.”

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

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