Christiology

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Each of us has our own perspective on Christ which is neither personal nor time bound. Our impressions of Christ are shaped by whole historical communities. Our explorations, which are guided by tradition and community, help form the image of Jesus as Christ through our human lenses. Our “perspectives” themselves can and are influenced by other perspectives which reflect our interpretations of the nature, person and deeds of Christ. As Brennan Hill, author of Jesus The Christ: Contemporary Perspectives states, “All people are shaped and influenced by the locale in which they grew up, by the political and social forces that surround them, and by the religious milieu in which they are raised. Jesus was no exception.” The Christological perspective is at the center of all Christian worldviews, and without Christological insight, Christianity would be empty . Christianity, by its very nature does in fact accommodate a spectrum of Christological thought. Within the Body of Christ itself we find diversity . It is essential to determine the relationship of the mystery of Christ to my own contemporary self-understandings to create my individual Christological thought.
We look at what we know about Christ in light of history, doctrine, and interdisciplinary explorations . The Gospels themselves put forth five Christological perspectives. Our images of God's ways and God's Will are rooted in Scripture. Scripture, however, God’s Will and Christology are not explained in terms of the relationship between the two. As Christians we look to the view, which is most faithful to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Gospels give us different portraits of Christ, in which enables us to see God through many contexts. Though Gospel content of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection we expand our knowledge into an inclusive study of various perspectives, controversies, ideological tensions and contemporary global interpretations...