Jesus

Question 1

John 1:1

Answer 1

‘in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God’
Jesus as DIVINE

Question 2

Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29-37)

Answer 2

injured man on side of road, priest and levite walk past as they don’t want blood to make them dirty.

samaritan helps injured man

‘love thy neighbour’
encourages us to help people- Jesus as MORAL TEACHER

Question 3

Jesus’ baptism

Answer 3

(Matthew 3:13-17)
‘this is my son with whom i am pleased’
voice from heaven, believed to be God, said that
Jesus as DIVINE

Question 4

transfiguration

Answer 4

(Matthew 17:2)
‘his face was shining like the sun’
voice from heaven saying

‘this is my son with whom i am pleased’
Jesus as DIVINE

Question 5

Matthew 16:13

Answer 5

Jesus says he is ‘the son of man’
Jesus as HUMAN

Question 6

O’Collins

Answer 6

-said it is difficult to understand the nature of jesus as he never left any writings of his own
-gospels are all secondary accounts of his life
AGAINST DIVINITY

Question 7

Bonhoffer

Answer 7

states that God was present in the body of Christ
Jesus is God incarnate
FOR DIVINITY

Question 8

Karl Rahner

Answer 8

onion analogy
said Jesus is like an onion- has several layers
we cannot assume what lies beneath his layers
AGAINST DIVINITY

Question 9

Schillibeeckx

Answer 9

thinks miracles have metaphorical meanings, not actually true
E.g jesus calming the storm- mirrors him calming the storm of our daily lives
AGAINST DIVINITY

Question 10

Mark 6:47

Answer 10

Jesus walks on water and calms the storm
FOR DIVINITY

Question 11

Hume

Answer 11

people don’t walk on water today, so we cannot trust accounts of Jesus’ miracles
AGAINST DIVINITY

Question 12

Hick

Answer 12

thinks Jesus was a moral and wise human who just had a close connection with God
AGAINST DIVINITY

Question 13

EP Sanders

Answer 13

cannot assume Jesus was truly unique
There are accounts of other truly unique people,
Such as Muhammed pbuh or Moses

Question 14

homoosious

Answer 14

Jesus and God are of the ‘same substance’

Question 15

hypostatic union

Answer 15

Jesus has two distinct natures
he is perfectly human and perfectly divine

Question 16

For divinity

Answer 16

-miracles E.g resurrection, walking on water
-baptism
-transfiguration

Question 17

Against divinity

Answer 17

-never said he was God;s son
-could be human who had a close connection with God
-cannot trust gospels as they are secondary accounts
-Gospels differ from each other
- ‘son of man’

Question 18

Against Jesus as God’s son

Answer 18

-jesus taught people to call God ‘Abba’ meaning dad
suggests that God is everybody’s father and everyone is capable of having the same connection Jesus did with God
-never said he was the son of God

Question 19

Relationship between God and Jesus was VERY SPECIAL

Answer 19

-if Jesus was not God’s son, means he was human- other humans capable of having same relationship with God

-he wouldn’t teach people to follow him if he knew his relationship with God was truly unique and unachievable

-told people to call God ‘Abba’

Question 20

relationship between God and Jesus was TRULY UNIQUE

Answer 20

-jesus as God’s son- father son relationship, nobody else is God’s son

-Jesus is a unique human as he is divine- miracles etc
means his relationship with God would also be truly unique