The Incarnation Of God By John Clark And Marcus Johnson Essay

Malala Yousafzai, 18 year old Nobel Prize winner and women’s rights activist, once exclaimed: “I raise up my voice- not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back”. The idea of speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves is extremely important when it comes to striving for change, so being able to express the needs of marginalized people is a great and awesome power. Yousafzai’s quote specifically connects to women’s rights, therefore it can be used to support the feminist movement seeing as she is advocating for the equality, in treatment and opportunity, of men and women. Feminist beliefs do not only apply to society, but to theology as well, seeing as the teachings of the bible are extremely influential in the day to day lives and values of religious people. The text that I chose to highlight this idea comes from Elizabeth A. Johnson’s book Quest for the Living God, chapter 5 ‘God Acting Womanish’ because it directly connects spirituality and feminism.

The incarnation and atonement of Jesus Christ are the enduring elements of the Christian theology. Many theologians have spent their time discussing and developing these Christian doctrines on how they came about, and how relevant they might be. According to Anselm, incarnation is a central doctrine of Christianity, followed by atonement. In order to ponder on the relationship between atonement and incarnation focusing on Anselm’s idea of satisfaction, we are supposed to look at the meanings of atonement, as well as incarnation. However, the doctrines of incarnation and atonement are interrelated as elucidated by many theologians.

The Inconsistency Argument of the Incarnation is argued for and against by many philosophers, and I would like to delve a little deeper into it to try to support the claims the argument makes. The idea that Jesus Christ is completely human and completely divine is not logically sound, as I will explain in this paper. The Inconsistency Argument explains the issues that come about from claiming that Jesus Christ is both divine and human. I will first go into detail about the Incarnation and some terminology that is needed to understand it, then I will follow up with an explanation of the Inconsistency Argument and the issues Thomas Morris has on the argument. I will then argue against the claims that Morris makes on the argument.

Talking about the meaning of God’s incarnation “in flesh” in the person of Jesus Christ as a human born through the virgin Mary. In addition, how through the entire Scripture God’s imparts powerful truths of the doctrine of the deity of Christ to bring clarity and understanding. At the same time, Bartlett like to use various analogies contrasting Jesus as a complete human being, but with an eternal divine existence. For instance, Bartlett said, that “the creative love and holiness of God required that he should have an eternally pre-existent Son equal to himself in every respect.” Therefore, when one’s studies in deep the Scripture we discover that Christ is absolutely distinct from its

Over the centuries, Christianity has organised its beliefs into a systematic theology that draws from its sacred writing and tradition. While the main beliefs of Christianity are shared by all Christian variants, there are degrees of different in the interpretation of these beliefs and how they are lived out in everyday life. This can be seen in the important of sacred text, principle belief of the concept of salvation in John 3:16, principle belief of divine and humanity in ‘John 1:14’, principle belief of resurrection in ‘Mark 16:1-8’, principle belief of revelation in ‘1 corinthians14:6’, and beliefs through the Trinity in ‘2 Corinthians 13:14’. This essay will explain the important of the sacred text and the principal beliefs of Christianity.

The fundamental theme presented in chapter twenty five and twenty six of David W. Dorries book Spirit Filled Christology maintains that Jesus came, not only as a pathway for salvation, but also to lead as an example of the Spirit’s movements and to empower His church with supernatural abilities to further the ministry that He began. In order to expound upon his statements, Dorries uses historical context.

The book then addresses the Church and discipleship and looks at some basic questions, baptism, the body of Christ and the visible Church-Community. The book also covers Saints – members called by God. Included in this chapter is sanctification

In the first discourse we learn about the excellence and singularity of the sacred mystery of the incarnation. The author states that the most important lesson that we are taught in the school of wisdom and salvation it the hole mystery of Incarnation. This mystery is so powerful that it exceeds even the highest thought of men

Difficulty 41 was written by St. Maximos the Confessor during the seventh century and was part of a larger body of work titled, The Ambigua. The Ambigua answered difficult theological questions faced by the early church fathers, such as St. Gregory Nazianzus, using Greek philosophical methods. Difficulty 41 explains how the incarnation of Christ restores man to his proper function granted to him before the fall, for Christ unites all of creation in him by overcoming the divisions of being. St. Maximus’ writing draws on St. Gregory Nazianzus’ homily on the Theophany and on Gregory of Nyssa’s writings concerning the divisions of being. St. Maximus’ Christology would forever influence Christian doctrine and thought and as the last link between the theology of the East and West, as he is considered the last church father accepted in both churches.

In this passage Torrence explored the relation of the doctrine of the incarnation to questions of soteriology. Torrance explains, God’s “conception and birth of the Virgin Mary, apart from a human father, did not alter the fact that the birth of Jesus was truly of the flesh just like that of all other human beings.” Also on the grounds of Soteriology, Torrance explains that when the Son of God became man which effected our salvation through humanity, it was the ‘whole man.’ In this passage, Torrance shows the representation of a leading western theological to “evaluate and appropriate the emerging Christological consensus of the Greek patristic

In the study of Christian theology, scripture plays an essential role in the revelation of the Doctrine of God. Scriptures are “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16-17) words, written by the Holy Spirit through divine inspiration of prophets. They are necessary for the proper understanding of the doctrine of God, the self-revelation of God, the proof of God’s existence, and for the discernment of false doctrines.

The new man, he affirms, is completely unlike the old man; he is a creature being transformed into something completely new. In order for people to better comprehend the Christian idea of a new man, the author says they should probably view it in connection with evolution. If we do this, however, he cautioned us that in this analogy the flow of evolution deviates tremendously from what we know it to be. Namely, unlike the “making” of man, the “begetting” of man comes from outside of nature rather than inside, and has nothing to do with sexual reproduction — it is voluntary. To the contrary, the Sons of God are “begotten” by what the author calls a good infection — everyone gets it by his personal contact with Christ. And, although the author spoke of this process as a future occurrence, he informs us here, that the “next step” of the Christian theme, which is a transformation from being creatures of God to being Sons of God, has already appeared. For example, the first instance of this process occurred about 2000 years ago in the form of Jesus

Saint Augustine, one of the best scholars of the early church, portrayed the Trinity as practically identical to the three sections of an individual: personality, soul, and will. They are three unmistakable viewpoints, yet they are conjoined and together constitute one bound together individual. The purpose of this research paper is to further emphasize, highlight, and defend St. Augustine’s conclusion that the Holy Trinity is one God existing in three persons according to the meeting at the Council of Nicea 325.

The purpose of the paper is to differentiate between Christ of faith and Jesus of history. New Testament biblical scholars from the 19th Century have been preoccupied by the notion of Christ of faith versus Jesus of History. Jesus of history can be described as the quest for historical Jesus, while the Christ of Faith is the Christ of Christian belief either through the Church or historically. Some traditions even went ahead to argue that the Jesus of History could never be found and therefore the Christ of faith is the only way forward for Christians. On the other hand, those who have been promoting the Jesus of History have often assumed that the historical Jesus is much superior as compared to the Christ of Faith. Despite the key differences between Christ of faith and the historical Jesus, both these aspect have an implication for Western Christianity.

“One of the most profound mysteries of Christianity is the Incarnation, when ‘the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.’ Something analogous to this mystery may be found in the birth of every child, when a spirit enclosed in flesh comes to live in the world.”