Beginning with an overview of the New Testament and Jewish Christian texts among the so-called Apostolic writings, the class will trace the ways in which Jesus is discussed in the first formative centuries of the church. The term “Christology” is used broadly to include, not only ways the fathers narrated the relationship of Jesus’ humanity and divinity, but also Jesus’ relationship with the Father and Spirit in his salvific works. This is the first of two classes to be taught (in order) on patristic Christology.
HISTTHEO 810: Christology before Nicaea
