Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 890 views

    INTRODUCTION - Christology and Its Approaches

    Uploaded by

    Romelyn Acol
    This document discusses different approaches to Christology, the study of Jesus as the Messiah. It defines Christology and outlines five main approaches: 1) Ontological Christology focuses on Jesus' divine and human nature. 2) Functional Christology studies Jesus' salvific work. 3) Historical Christology investigates the historical Jesus. 4) Dogmatic Christology approaches Jesus according to Catholic teachings and doctrines. 5) Christology from Below and Christology from Above - the former starts from human experiences of Jesus, the latter from his divinity as preached by the Church.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    INTRODUCTION - Christology and Its Approaches

    Uploaded by

    Romelyn Acol
    890 views12 pages
    This document discusses different approaches to Christology, the study of Jesus as the Messiah. It defines Christology and outlines five main approaches: 1) Ontological Christology focuses on Jesus' divine and human nature. 2) Functional Christology studies Jesus' salvific work. 3) Historical Christology investigates the historical Jesus. 4) Dogmatic Christology approaches Jesus according to Catholic teachings and doctrines. 5) Christology from Below and Christology from Above - the former starts from human experiences of Jesus, the latter from his divinity as preached by the Church.

    Original Description:

    Understand Jesus and His Teachings

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses different approaches to Christology, the study of Jesus as the Messiah. It defines Christology and outlines five main approaches: 1) Ontological Christology focuses on Jesus' divine and human nature. 2) Functional Christology studies Jesus' salvific work. 3) Historical Christology investigates the historical Jesus. 4) Dogmatic Christology approaches Jesus according to Catholic teachings and doctrines. 5) Christology from Below and Christology from Above - the former starts from human experiences of Jesus, the latter from his divinity as preached by the Church.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    890 views12 pages

    INTRODUCTION - Christology and Its Approaches

    Uploaded by

    Romelyn Acol
    This document discusses different approaches to Christology, the study of Jesus as the Messiah. It defines Christology and outlines five main approaches: 1) Ontological Christology focuses on Jesus' divine and human nature. 2) Functional Christology studies Jesus' salvific work. 3) Historical Christology investigates the historical Jesus. 4) Dogmatic Christology approaches Jesus according to Catholic teachings and doctrines. 5) Christology from Below and Christology from Above - the former starts from human experiences of Jesus, the latter from his divinity as preached by the Church.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 12

    CHRISTOLOGY AND

    ITS APPROACHES
    WHO IS THE REAL JESUS?
    THE REAL JESUS
    Apostles of Jesus was strike with the same question:
    Mark 8:27-29 “Who do men say that I am ? And they
    told him, John the Baptist; others say,
    Elijah: and others one of the prophets

    Confession of Jesus as the Messiah: Incident of Peter

    Mark 8:29 “You are the Christ”


    THE REAL JESUS
    Peter was rebuked by Jesus
    for the way the world
    understood a Messiah:

    A person who must not


    suffer but a powerful one
    who can lead the Jews
    against the Mighty
    Roman Empire.

    Cause: Even the twelve apostles mistook him for a person that he
    was not meant to be due to misconception of the Messiah
    CHRISTO LOGO
    S S of
    Messiah; Anointed One Study

    CHRISTOLOGY
    The study of Jesus viewed as the Messiah

    New American Bible “Christology as the ordered process of


    (1987; 1470) reflection on the nature and meaning of
    Jesus Christ”
    APPROACHES OF
    CHRISTOLOGY
    1 ONTOLOGICAL CHRISTOLOGY

    ONTOLOGICAL “onto”
    -Which means being

    It focuses on the being and nature of


    Jesus Christ fully human and fully
    divine in one person
    2 FUNCTIONAL
    CHRISTOLOGY
    The study of the work that Jesus
    Christ achieved in the plan of
    salvation, rather than on who he was
    as a person.
    3 HISTORICAL CHRISTOLOGY

    Investigates the facts and evidences of the historical human


    Jesus including his words(teachings) and works (miracles).
    4 DOGMATIC CHRISTOLOGY
    Approaches the
    study of on Jesus Christ
    according to the official
    teachings, doctrines and
    dogma of the Catholic
    Church.
    Revisits past
    pronouncements and
    decrees by ecclesiastical
    authorities and ecumenical
    councils of Catholic church.
    5 CHRISTOLOGY FROM BELOW
    AND FROM ABOVE
    CHRISTOLOGY FROM BELOW:
    Ascending Christology
    Starting from human
    experiences of Jesus that
    believers can relate before
    systematic Christological
    doctrines and teaching of the
    Church in order to guide its
    believers and prepare them to
    understand and appreciate
    divine person.
    5 CHRISTOLOGY FROM BELOW
    AND FROM ABOVE
    CHRISTOLOGY FROM ABOVE:
    Descending Christology
    Starting from Jesus’ divinity as
    it is understood and preached
    by the Catholic Church.

    Examines doctrines and


    pronouncements about
    Jesus in order to guide and
    enlighten the faith-
    experiences of his followers.

    You might also like