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Christ event en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. A summary of the reality and effects of Jesus, particularly focused on his first advent. In that sense, it addresses the totality of his work, including his Incarnation, death on the cross, resurrection from the dead, and ascension to heaven.
    • In fact, if a theologian approaches the Christ-Event with the intent to exhaustively grasp God, the Christology of the theologian is doomed to failure. 2010, Victor I Ezigbo, Re-Imagining African Christologies, page 187:
    • Another problem is that reconstructions of Paul with the help of the concept of 'corporate personality' tend to emphasise the objectivity and realised character of the Christ event. 2009, Hans Burger, Being in Christ: A Biblical and Systematic Investigation, page 264:
    • Because of the Star of Bethlehem, we would expect there to be astrological stories predating the actual Star of Bethlehem, much in the same way that Lewis argued that because of the actual Christ-event we should expect to find echoes and intimations outside of the actual event. 2012, PH Brazier, C.S. Lewis – The Work of Christ Revealed, page 262: