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This 8- page paper discusses developments in Christology, and specifically how the work of Barth, Bultmann and Rahner broke from protestant Christology of the 19th century. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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as societies change, and as new thinkers come into the debate to challenger earlier doctrines. In the late 19th Century, Christology had turned from the metaphysical to the "observable" ("Twentieth
Century Christologies" 22). Then, in the first half of the 20th Century, Christology returned to the Word of God as given in the Bible, and to the "insights of
the Great Reformers" ("Twentieth Century Christologies" 22). 20th Century Christology centered on "the understanding that Christs divinity is not to be viewed ontologically but rather eschatologically. It focused
on Gods judgement upon humanity" ("Twentieth Century Christologies" 22). That is, if focused on the dogma surrounding the death and resurrection. This paper is concerned with these developments in
Christology, and specifically how the work of Barth, Bultmann and Rahner broke from protestant Christology of the 19th century. Barth - Chalcedonian Christianity and Existentialist Soteriology Its necessary, I
think, to come up with a working definition of "Chalcedonian Christianity" before we go further. The term refers to the Council of Chalcedon at which the early church fathers
decided "... what Christians could and couldnt believe about the Deity and Humanity of Christ." (Murphy, PG). In the end, the Chalcedonian Definition gives us a figure
who is both human and Divine; and "the "Chalcedonian Definition" has come to be recognized as the orthodox view of the personhood of Christ, namely, that of the theanthropos, or
the "God-Man" who remains as one person, but is constituted by two natures-one Divine, one human." (Murphy, PG). Thus, the Chalcedonian Definition gives us a Christ who is both
human and Divine at the same time. In so doing, it follows the Bible closely, describing the man who performed miracles and yet could be wounded, suffer and die.
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