3 jesuss

Question 1

what is the hypostatic union

Answer 1

the belief that Christ is both fully God and fully human, indivisibly two natured union in one person

Question 2

what is a zealot

Answer 2

a member of the jewish political movement that fought against Romans in the 1st century

Question 3

MIRA - IS JESUS divine or really special

Answer 3

1. miracles are evidence
   Matthew 14:22 Jesus walks on water
   Raises Lazarus john 11
   CS Lewis, either this man what, and is the son of god or else a madman
   = control over laws of nature = divinity comp to moses who CHANNELLED GOD

HOWEVER Hume in Essays On Miracles, violations of laws of nature = unrealiable as evidence, witnesses cannot be trusted as st peter “had everything to gain and nothing to lose”
HOWEVER bultman wants the kerygma model. mythis in the gospels were shaped by early christian communities. modern era reject myths eg feeding of 5000 = to share.
HOWEVER Maurice Wiles rejects an interventionist god on moral grounds.

Question 4

MIRA

Answer 4

2. resurrection = divine confirmation
   central claim of christianity
   1 Corinthians 15;17 “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile.”
   Wright, the resurrection affirms jesus’ divine nature, distinguises jesus from prophets
   BUT hallucination theory - disciples believed they saw jesus + women found.

Question 5

MIRA

Answer 5

3. jesus’ self understanding as incarnate
   “son of god”, “i and the father are one”
   incarnate, he undestands “the word became flesh
   BUT could have been a prophet / moral teacher. Jesus calls himself “son of Man”

Question 6

MIRA

Answer 6

4. divine authority
   jesus forgave sins
   “your sins are forgiven” to a paralysed man Mark 2:5 - act reserved for god
   Matthew 25 parable of sheep and goats, knows about judgement
   Mark 14:62 “you will see the son of man seated at the right hand of power” = equal.