Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The theological study of the person and deeds of Jesus.
- noun A doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus's teachings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of theology which treats of the person and character of Jesus Christ.
- noun Sometimes, less accurately, doctrine concerning Christ's office and work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A field of study within
Christian theology which is concerned with the nature ofJesus Christ , particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person. - noun countable A particular theory or viewpoint within the field of Christology, e.g. Chalcedonian Christology, Arian Christology, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ
- noun a religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Christology.
Examples
-
Because of these protecting sacraments of a warm Jesus, I have come to really dislike the word "Christology."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Donna Schaper 2011
-
Experiment in Christology (1974) and Christ: The Experience of Jesus as
-
Experiment in Christology (1974) and Christ: The Experience of Jesus as
-
The Adoptian Christology, that is, the Christology which is most in keeping with the self-witness of Jesus (the Son as the chosen
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
-
The Christian communities that endured or were created during the politically tumultuous times after the death of Jesus represented implicit experiments in Christology.
-
The Christian communities that endured or were created during the politically tumultuous times after the death of Jesus represented implicit experiments in Christology.
-
The Christian communities that endured or were created during the politically tumultuous times after the death of Jesus represented implicit experiments in Christology.
-
But their Christology was the very opposite of his, which was rather to reappear in a modified form in Theodore of Mopsuestia, Diodorus, Nestorius, and even Theodoret, though these later Antiochenes warmly rejected the imputation of any agreement with the heretic Paul, even in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
-
Julicher in particular has pointed out that Paul's Christology, which is more exalted than that of his companions in the apostolate, was never the object of controversy, and that Paul was not conscious of being singular in this respect from the other heralds of the Gospel.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
-
It was freely applied in the second stage of the Montanist struggle, but still more in the controversies about Christology, that is, in the conflict with the
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.