person of jesus

Question 1

which church came up with hypostatic union

Answer 1

church of Chalceon AD451

Question 2

hypostatic union

Answer 2

the idea that jesus is both fully human and fully god
- “truly god and truly man”
- two natures that join together

Question 3

god is one substance (—) yet three persons (——-)

Answer 3

ousia

hypostasis

Question 4

Channing on hypostatic union

Answer 4

‘infinite confusion’
how can god be divine but human, almighty yet weak, ignorant and omniscient

Question 5

hick on hypostatic union - metaphor

Answer 5

to say jesus is god is like saying a circle is also a square

Question 6

what two theologians argue that reason cannot be used to understand the trinity

Answer 6

Augustine and Barth

Question 7

biblical evidence for the trinity

Answer 7

• the father and i are one
• the word became flesh
• through him all things were made (suggests word was there for creation)

Question 8

biblical evidence agasinst the trinity

Answer 8

trinity isnt even said in the bible

Question 9

how does hick critique biblical evidence for the trinity

four

Answer 9

• son of god was common term in judaism for special person - ceaser was called son of god - common to be on coins with emperor on them
• jesus never claimed he was son of god in a unique sense
• earlier claims of divinity do not exist in earlier gospels, mainly johns which is newest and most unreliable
• human invention - applies demythologisation

Question 10

who argued the bible needs to be demythologised

Answer 10

Bultmann

Question 11

what inconsistincies are there about jesus’ birth in the gospels

Answer 11

marks is earliest gospels and mentions no divine birth - jesus is presented as a disciple

mathew and luke come next and they mention a divine birth

john is last and presents jesus as existing before incarnation as the word

Question 12

how is jesus portrayed as divine in marks gospel, the earliest one

Answer 12

at baptism god speaks from heavens “you are my beloved son, with you I am well pleased”
jesus quiets a storm and walks on water

Question 13

which gospel is the earliest and which is the latest

Answer 13

mark

john

Question 14

do miracles prove jesus was divine

+evaluate this

Answer 14

lots of prophets did miracles - moses parted red sea etc

however, he had unique control over miracles and could choose when to perform them (moses had a staff)

Question 15

Reimarus on historical jesus

three

Answer 15

deluded about being messiah, after death his disciples hid his body and lied about ressurcetion
- only did miracles for those who had faith in his not ‘sensible’‘learned’ ppl
- miracles written 30-60 years after his death

Question 16

who claimed that if the ressurection didnt happen, faith was pointless

Answer 16

st paul

Question 17

why does N.T Wright argue that the ressurection is valid

Answer 17

• mentioned in old testament about the messiah that would resurrect
• women found him first - if they were lying they wouldve had him be discovered by men since they are more believable
• these astonishing things in a very conservative religion must mean they are not lies

Question 18

hallucination hypothesis and how does wright respond

Answer 18

disciples could have just been having a religious hallucination about the ressurection
response:
visions of dead common in ancient judaism so they would have known if it were that

Question 19

how does keith parsons develop Wrights ideas on ressurection

Answer 19

how do we determine how strong a change in beliefs was to have been of human origin

jesus himself was so radical that it doesnt seem unrealistic that his disciples would be able to come up with it (said he had authoirty to forgive sins etc

Question 20

Zealot

Answer 20

A member of the Jewish political/military movement that fought against Rome in the first century AD
- jesus’ disciples were seen as zealots like judas

Question 21

what is the main teaching of Jesus from sermon on the mount

Answer 21

beatitudes

Question 22

what are the beatitudes

Answer 22

said on sermon on the mount
blessed are poor, meek, hungry for justice etc

Question 23

what suggests that Jesus is more than a teacher of wisdom and has higher authority

Answer 23

said things that went against Moses which suggests he has higher authority

criticises eye for an eye
“but I say” and then turn the other cheek etc if someone slaps u

Question 24

Lewis on Jesus as a moral teacher

Answer 24

nonsense !! Jesus was either god, insane or evil

Although - could have just thought he was divine but was deluded like Reimarus

Question 25

who thought Jesus was deluded

Answer 25

Reimarus

Question 26

Did hick think Jesus was the son of god | explain

Answer 26

not in unique sense but a 'guru' and role model - influenced by bultmanns demythologisation - resurrection symbolises gods gift - true myths that weren't literally true but inspired us

Question 27

who argued we should demythologise the bible

Answer 27

bultmann

Question 28

what does bultmann argue

Answer 28

demythologise the bible - translate into ideas fitting modern culture since it is hard for modern audiences to accept eg - resurrection is about raising of church due to faith of disciples to preach

Question 29

literalist and liberalist approach to bible | and bultmanns response to both

Answer 29

- literalist approach was to believe the myths literally by denying the modern advances in knowledge that contradict them. Bultmann rejected this sort of blind faith as spiritually empty. - The liberal approach ignores the myths and focusing only on the moral teachings found in the Bible. Bultmann rejected this approach because it reduces Christianity to a mere moral philosophy, a set of teachings, rather than an encounter with a way of life.

Question 30

how should the ressurrection story be taken according to bultmann how can this be evaluated

Answer 30

should be demythologized and viewed as symbolising ‘God’s gift of renewal’ and ‘life transcending death’ - Jesus did not rise from the dead and was not the son of God in a unique sense. only a divine being could save us from our sins (atonement)

Question 31

what is the moral exemplar theory

Answer 31

HICK Jesus was just a human and so certainly died, but that the power of his sacrifice was merely as an example of moral life so inspiring that it influences us to be better and thereby saves us from our sins in that sense. So, Jesus didn’t have to be a divine being to save us from our sins.

Question 32

how does NT Wright criticise Bultmann | three

Answer 32

gospels are not symbols they are historical docments that tell us something - bultmann goes too far by reducing it to a symbol that yes, they need to be read criticially but there is still some truth there - critical realism (ppl have their own worldview that has biases)

Question 33

how does the parable of samaritan show jesus as the liberator

Answer 33

teaches us to not have prejudice - going agaisnt norms of the times

Question 34

explain what Friere meant by ‘conscientisation’ (liberation theology)

Answer 34

describes the awareness someone can come to of the power structures in a society. Freire thought that education should be used to transform society to fix unjust power imbalances.

Question 35

The preferential option for the poor is a term first used by Father Pedro Arrupe which refers to the way the Bible and Jesus ...

Answer 35

showed a preference for poor people - Jesus also seemed to say the poor and less fortunate were blessed, ( in the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount)

Question 36

what do liberation theolgians argue

Answer 36

christians need to fix current world and fight exploitation and oppression of the poor (began in latin america which was undeveloped and was facing a choice between continued capitalism or socialism)

Question 37

quote about camel and rich men going to heaven

Answer 37

“it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God’

Question 38

liberation theology is based upon the teachings of

Answer 38

jesus