Christology

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The study in Christianity of who Jesus is and what he did

noun
/krɪsˈtɒlədʒi/

Formal

: cristología

Nothing in orthodox, "high" Christology obliges Christians to denigrate human beings who are not Christians.
adoptionist Christology
Christology of preexistence
orthodox Christology

Examples

Finally, I agree with Haight's last requirement: Christology must be able to inspire Christian life.

Academic text (1992)
But this view is also incompatible with the Logos Christology of John.

Academic text (1992)
However unfashionable such an approach may seem, a low Christology is far from contemporary.

Academic text (1990)
So Jesus as the revealer of hidden knowledge is the main Christology of the Gospel of John.
The first criterion is apologetic style: Christology should justify the Christian experience of Jesus.

Academic text (1992)
Jon Sobrino dedicates a chapter of his Christology to "The Faith of Jesus."

Academic text (1992)
The contemporary problem raised by feminist theologians and others of a passive Christology is not unrelated to this classic issue.

Academic text (1991)
I agree, too, that Christology must be faithful to the Christological councils, especially Nicea and Chalcedon.

Academic text (1992)
Hans Urs von Balthasar's theology is even more closely allied than Moltmann's with Armenian Christology.

Academic text (1991)
The study of Christology helps believers understand the significance of Jesus Christ in Christian theology.

Surface Forms

Christology singular

Christologies plural

Morphology

Christology = Christ (transparent) = Christ + ology

The word is a standard formation meaning 'the study of Christ,' which is directly compositional from the base and the suffix.

Etymology

Christology begins with Christ, from Greek Christos meaning 'anointed' and the Hebrew word 'Messiah', and ends with the familiar -ology meaning 'the study of', as in biology. So, Christology is the study of who Jesus Christ is, his nature and his role in Christian belief.