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Logos Christology : An Interaction Between Early Christian Beliefs and Modern Scholars Attempts to Relate Them to the Asian Context
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to examine Christology as it has been developed from a theology of the Word (Logos). Since this way of viewing Christ can be observed specifically from a study of early Christian thought, the first analysis will be concerned with what the apostle John meant when he referred to Jesus Christ as the Logos. Next, three original sources will be investigated to determine what certain early church fathers meant when they interpreted and defended the doctrine that Christ is the Logos. This pursuit will be limited to the works of Justin, Irenaeus,and Athanasius. Then an analysis will be made of several modern scholars’ efforts to find the major points of contact between the Logos doctrine and Asian thought (or Eastern beliefs). Some of these scholars have simply tried to detect whether or not a Logos doctrine exists in the traditions of China and India; some have investigated whether there are elements of the Logos in other faiths (like Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam). Some have even attempted to use the Logos doctrine as a bridge to other beliefs, and thus have used it as a universal common ground for adaptation. Because of this, in the last section, when comparing the Logos doctrine of early Christian thought with these modern proposals, critical evaluations will be presented as well as the position this author favors
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The Cleansing of the Temple : An Analysis of the Intention of Jesus
Get PDFJesus’ cleansing of ihe Temple is probably one of his most puzzling actions reported in the Gospels. It is difficult to determine if Jesus went to Jerusalem with the intention of purifying the Temple, or whether he decided to do so only after he got there and saw what was going on. Also, it is hard to know with certainty whether there were one or two cleansings in Jesus’ ministry on earth, because the Synoptic Gospels recorded this event in the last days of Jesus’ ministry, whereas John put it in his early ministry in chapter two. This article particularly seeks to examine various interpretations that have been proposed in dealing with the questions of Jesus’ intention. But before that, we want to examine several difficult problems which are primarily connected or closely related to this event. So, after briefly reviewing some of the more important possibilities concerning our main subject, we will propose a case for what seems to be the most likely hypothesis. We admit in the concluding section that there are still some unresolved problems which emerge from this topic
