Abstract

Abstract When and where does the worship of Jesus as Son of God begin? Early Aramaic speaking followers of the Way were already calling him “Lord.” The maranatha prayer indicates a freedom from earliest time to address Jesus directly. Ultimately, this and the understanding of Jesus as Lord and Son of God must be traced to the impact Jesus himself had on his followers. This impact led to an apparent paradox: Christians remained committed to belief in One God, but they also were clear that they experienced God in and through Jesus of Nazareth. This led directly to the centuries of theological debate, and eventually to the homoousion.

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