by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonOne way of defining "Christology" is simply, "talking about Christ." In this elementary sense, of course, Christians have been "doing Christology" from the very beginning---from the very minute they were faced with the question,"What think ye of the Christ?"The earliest … [Read more...]
The High Christology of the Pre-Pauline Church Creeds
The primitive Church was far from primitive in their understanding, and expression, of Christology.by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonThe most primitive confessional formulas of Christology (those preserved, for instance, in Romans 1:3-4 and Galatians 4.4) continued to shape the Church's understanding of … [Read more...]
On The Failures of “General” Christology
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon In orthodox formulations of Christology, there exists an ongoing and apparently irreducible quandary: How should we speak of the obviously "special" quality of Christ's humanity without compromising the principle that he was "made like unto his brethren" (Hebrews … [Read more...]
