Prologue of John's Gospel (Ideas)
- Created by: Charlotte Emily Turner
- Created on: 14-04-17 09:08
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- Ideas of the Prologue
- Logos
- personal term, not technical (like Stoics)
- shows a personal relationship with Jesus is possible
- 'logos' was understood by all at the time
- Greek: 'God's prescence'
- personal term, not technical (like Stoics)
- Light
- Bultman: 'light' is synonymous with 'gnosis' (knowledge of spiritual mystery)
- Jesus is the light that gives true life/spiritual light to all
- Replacement Theology
- Moses came through Jesus
- so...Jesus supersedes Moses
- ******: 'giant takeover battle'
- Moses came through Jesus
- John the Baptist (JBap)
- addresses possible confusion of John/Jesus identity
- shows need for witnesses in Jesus' ministry
- i.e. Mary saw Jesus resurrected & spread the news
- Glory
- Brown: 'glory is the visible manifestation of God's majesty'
- through Jesus, we know what God is like
- Brown: 'glory is the visible manifestation of God's majesty'
- Logos
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