Christology

thumb|Icon depicting the first Council of Nicaea Quotes on Christology. The Christological problem is by its nature ontological. Its aim is to elaborate the ontological structure of who [is Jesus Christ], without running into the Scylla of the how question or the Charybdis of the what question. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) Christological science suffers from a hitherto incurable evil: psychological conjecture. (William Wrede) Every alteration of Christology fatally compromises the entire perspective in the "sacra doctrina". (Giacomo Biffi) If it were to be demonstrated that Christology has no basis in the historical Jesus and that it would rather be a false interpretation of Jesus, then Christology itself would be liquidated. (Gerhard Ebeling) It can be said: while the axis of Jesus' pre-Easter preaching is the announcement of the Kingdom of God, the center of post-Easter apostolic preaching is Christology. (Pope Benedict XVI) Christology often appears reductive, minimalist, insufficient, because it does not welcome the Mystery revealed in its entirety. (Beloved Angel) Related entries: Jesus Theology Other projects: category:Christology Biografie cristologiche Q187900 Christology cristologia Christology