Abstract
Scholarship on Christology plays a critical role in the formulation of theology because of the central role of the question of Christ in the task of doing Theology. Christology intertwines with other doctrines in theology and is also a strong link to all the theological branches. In this regard the question of the accurate source of our Christological formulation comes to book with our study examining the bible as an authentic primary source for Christological reflections. The study captured the wealth of resources on Christology hidden in the biblical narrative awaiting studious scholarship to unearth the fortunes therein. An appreciation of the essence of the scripture in Christological conversation will propel the discipline towards authentic and accurate Christological reflections
Highlights
Christology is very significant in the Christian doctrine because of the central role it plays in the establishment of an accurate Christian doctrine
Christianity has Christ at its very core, so that if Christology is concentrated on a study of Jesus Christ, it is not so much a branch of Christian theology as it is the central theme as is articulated by Macquarrie (2003, p. 3)
The striking fact that we examine by exploring the New Testament traditions and documents on the best chronological scale available to us is a clear development in first century Christology: where in the beginning the dominant and only conception was of an eschatological son ship, already enjoyed by Jesus during his ministry but greatly enhanced by his resurrection, at the end of the first century a rather more clear conception of pre-existent divine son ship has emerged, to become the dominant and often the only emphasis in subsequent centuries (Dunn, 1996)
Summary
East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion eajtcr.eanso.org Volume 5, Issue 1, 2022. Christology intertwines with other doctrines in theology and is a strong link to all the theological branches In this regard the question of the accurate source of our Christological formulation comes to book with our study examining the bible as an authentic primary source for Christological reflections. East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion 5 (1), 15-25. L. O., (2022) “Christological Reflections: A Biblical Perspective”, East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, 5(1), pp. Oduor., “Christological Reflections: A Biblical Perspective”, EAJTCR, vol 5, no. East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, Vol 5, no. East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, Vol 5, no. 1, Mar. 2022, pp. 15-25, doi:10.37284/eajtcr.5.1.567
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