Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 72 No. 4, 2002.
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Fundamental Principles of Implicit Christology
Ivan Karlić
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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The author of this article examines the theme of implicit (indirect) Christology. Basing his presentation on Gospel accounts, he delivers his arguments in favour of the various events associated with the Jesus of Nazareth which indirectly speak of his divine identity and sonship.
To begin with, the article examines the most common aspect of the preresurrected Christ; his preaching and teaching. Even though it seemed to many that Jesus was one of many iterant preachers and teachers, or that he was just another prophet, the content, method and originality of Jesus' words and expressions indirectly lead to a conclusion of his divinity.
Jesus' behaviour towards Jewish Law, the temple and certain segments of the population, in others words, the »public sinners«, also implicitly awakens faith of him as the Son of God. Namely, with many of his expressions and gestures Jesus gives the impression that he is »above« the Law and temple, or that he brings and declares a new law with which he desires to lead all people to God. Equally so, his behaviour towards people, especially towards the weak and the sinful to whom he forgives sin, indirectly supports that he is God, in other words, the Son of God who has »authority tο forgive sins» (Mk 2:10). Therefore, Jesus' behaviour towards fundamental Jewish institutions and his call for conversion and his forgiveness of sins prior to the Paschal event represents a solid Christological foundation on which faith in Jesus Christ is built.
The same applies of Jesus' relationship towards God, whom he calls Abba, in a way that no one of the Jewish faithful would have called him. That expression, which translated means Dad, reveals an original and intimate (»family«) relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ. It reveals Jesus' divine sonship and his consciousness of that sonship. Also included are some of Jesus' »I« sayings (»I tell you«, »I command you«, »I am...«) which indirectly leads to the conclusion that divine authority is expressed by the one who uses it. In other words, it recalls the revelation of the names of Yahweh from the Old Testament (cf. Ex 3:14; Jn 8:12,57-58).
The conclusion is that even though Christ's Paschal event and his Resurrection are and remain the principle foundations of faith, which eventually reveal the person of Jesus Christ, the pre-Paschal events have a great importance for Christological reflection, for they also implicitly reveal Jesus' divine identity.
Ključne riječi
implicit theology; Jesus; preaching; behaviour; Abba; divine sonship
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