The development of our Church's understanding of Christ is intriguing and exciting. This essay will explore the evolution of the way the Church understood the person of Jesus Christ over the first five centuries, the challenges faced and the teachings that emerged, taking into account the different currents of opposition and the problems faced and solved by a multitude of thinkers.Jesus Christ is the source and center of the Church. We believe that Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son, is the 'way' to the Father. Who do you say I am? “I am the way, the truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through me”. (Jn 14.6) Over the centuries the Church has had to face a paradox because on the one hand we encounter God in the person of Jesus, on the other the Father dwells beyond Jesus. The Church is centered on the person of Jesus Christ because in Him the Christians learn to discover who God really is and therefore who the human being is and what our true origin and destiny is. The role of the Church, among others, is to accompany humanity in its pilgrimage through the centuries in developing our understanding of Jesus. (Dupuis, J) – who do you say I amFor the central figure of the Christian faith is our Lord , Jesus Christ, needs to be understood, so let's look to the New Testament. The life of Jesus is described in the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Church took this knowledge along with other writings of the Bible to develop Christology. I will now talk about how the early Church, during the first five centuries, developed from this its understanding of the person of Christ. The Christian movement probably began from many different centers, where different groups of disciples of Jesus gathered and tried to... ...middle of paper ......with rational soul and body; consubstantial with the Father as to his divinity and consubstantial with us as to his humanity; "like us in all things except sin." He was begotten of the Father before all ages as to his divinity and in these last days, for us and for our salvation, he was born as to his humanity of the virgin Mary, Mother of God.91' http://www . vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p1.htm As we have seen, the early Church faced many conflicts and difficulties as it sought to understand the Person of Jesus, through thought, understanding and teaching we now have l Catholic teaching that we know and teach today. That God, without losing his divine nature, took on human nature. That Jesus Christ is true God and true man. For this reason He is the one and only mediator between God and us and this Incarnation is a mystery.
tags