The authority of Jesus; Jesus' authority as only human
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- The authority of Jesus; Jesus' authority as only human
- Two groups of Christians take this view:
- Small groups who interpret the texts in a different way form the majority of Christians.
- Both in the early centuries of the Church and in modern times.
- Liberal Christians who reject any idea of divine inspiration underlying the Bible.
- Small groups who interpret the texts in a different way form the majority of Christians.
- Adoptionism
- The belief that Jesus was not divine by nature.
- God 'adopted' him as his 'son' at the Baptism.
- In the same way that kings in ancient Isreal were thought to be chosen by God as his earlthy representative
- Mark 1:9-11
- Unitarianism
- This denomination was founded in the 18th century.
- Adopts a 'deist' view of the creation of the world.
- Eg. that God created the world but then has no further connection with it.
- Deist = the view that God didn't have any further relationship with the world after creating it.
- Deism's belief in God is founded on reason and nature.
- Jesus was just a spiritual leader so his teachings may contain useful insights.
- There is no idea of divine authority attaching to them.
- Rejects the idea of the divinity of Jesus.
- Liberal Christian views
- The Gospels were products of several decades of thinking about the significant of Jesus' life and teaching.
- Jesus' teaching and the stories associated with him has been passed down by word of mouth.
- Thus, they would have been altered and even exaggerated in the telling.
- This process can be seen in the Gospels themseleves.
- Eg. In the differing accounts of the calming of the storm that are found in the first three Gospels.
- Jesus' teaching and the stories associated with him has been passed down by word of mouth.
- The influence of Greek philosophy and mystery religious led to the human Jesus being transformed into a divine figure.
- This is reinforced by the outlook of modern science, which rejects the possibility of miracles.
- Jesus was a human being like all other humans, though his deeply spiritual nature gave his teaching authority.
- The Gospels were products of several decades of thinking about the significant of Jesus' life and teaching.
- Two groups of Christians take this view:
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