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Jesus Christ (Uniquness (Macquarrie (the question of uniqueness is u…
Jesus Christ
Uniquness
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Some could argue Christians only paint Christ as unique as a way to explain their peronal beliefs and commitment
History and Faith
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Claimed that mirical s, non violence , outcasts and forgiving nature of God do make Jeuss different from the others of his time but not enough to make him unique
Sanders does not take into account ressurection as he belives that cannot be historically analysied as it is subject to faith
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Macquarrie
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Unlike Macquarrie he belives there is not one moment in Christs life that makes him unique - the meaning of his life cannot be found in a particualr moment
Jeuss life is a defining moment in huamitys relationship with God but not exclusivley so as other figures , inc non christins , also have changed humanitys relationship with God
For Christian Jesus is significant as his insights changed lives on 'The deepest level on conciousness.'
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for many people Christ defines what it means to live an authentic existance, it is individual to each person how he represents ' the way and the truth of life'
Liberator/Political
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Liberator of the poor
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Must think of Jeuss as a liberator or else Gutierrez argues that the Gospel becomes fictional steryotypes
Liberation theologists talk about Jeus' bias towards the margianalised and sets an agenda for christians in this age
Boff- Christians that see Christ as a liberator aught to tbe committted to the oppressed and dominated
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Polititcal
Camilo Torres Restrepo a roman catholic priest and a communist who fought in the guerrilla war said ' if Jeuss were alive today he would be a guerrillero'
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Gutierres argues that Jeuss did not set himself up to be a national leader and told people not to think of him in a political sense as a political messianic Jesus. He also wanted to restore the world not just Isreal
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AO2
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If the authorities had considered Jesus a revolutionary leader they would hae arrested his diciples as well
He resisted being called messiah and King ie at the feeding of the multiple (John 6) when Jeuss finds they want to call him king he retreats to the mountain
Son of God
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Christology
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Difficult to understand Jeuss as the Son of God and the same time that he was fully human when he claims 'noon comes to the father except through me ' (J14:6)
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AO2
Some belie that what Jesus was trying to say was that he was fully concious of Gods will and entirely desired to fill it
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Miricals
Other Prophets performed miricals but they were not sttributed to them as they are with Jesus ie Moses
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Birth and incarnation
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Doetic Christians belive the incarnation of God only appeared to take on human form but could not hae been fully human
Resuresction
At this point his followers marked that their relationship with God had changed and it was a start of a new era
Conformation of divinity
St Paul uses the metaphiore of Jeuss ressurectiona s the first ruits of harvest perhaps alluding to how God brings eerything to completion
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Pannenberg argues Jesus ressurection is a unique sign of Gods completion and perfection of cretion at the end of time
Authority and Worship
doubting Thomas (John 20) shows how ressurection confirms Jesus as a Lord that can be worshiped without blasphemy and how you should believe in faith before first-hand experinece
Teacher of Wisdom
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Moral teaching Link Title
Sermon of the Mount M5-7 ' do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I hae come not to abolish them but to fulfil.
Jesus main sitting of teaching was in The Sermon on the Mount but he also taught through parables and actions
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Motive and inner purity
Jeuss was critical of the Pharisees but admiresd those that were trying to achie true holyness and righteousness
Personal responsibility
keeping the Saabath day holy is a 10 commandment and is a basis for social justice, everyone gets one day off
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AO2
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Tolstoy, Wittgenstein and Nietzsche see Jesus' teachings as not relying on abstraction but his way of life and engagement with it
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