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
Father Jean Galot, a Christology expert at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, fears that the essence of the faith is being challenged.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1972 the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its most recent declaration on Christology.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 development of Christology in the scientific doctrine of the Logos begins with Justin and culminates in Origen.
From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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
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a perfect isolated God, joined to a perfect isolated man, in what were indeed the incredible terms of the older and superseded Christologies.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
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 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
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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