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Midterm Exam in Christology - Aug 5, 2015

Midterm Exam in Christology - Aug 5, 2015.

Format: Essay (not bullet-type or enumeration-type answers, but systematic reflection)

Be prepared to explain and elaborate the following:

1. Starting Points for Christology
2. The Quests for the Historical Jesus
3. Methodological Considerations (esp. the three stages of the formation of the gospels; criteria or principles for identifying the first stage).
4. Jesus and his movement
5. Jesus and the message of the kingdom of God
6. The death of Jesus
7. Moltmann on the death of Jesus
8. Sobrino on the death of Jesus
9. The resurrection of Jesus
10. Theologians (Bultmann, Rahner, Pannenberg, Schillebeeckx, Ratzinger, O'Collins,) on the resurrection of Jesus
11. Laudato Si' and Christology

Sample Examination:

Part 1: Short Answer (in 3-5 lines).
Example: What does Harnack mean when he writes, "The essence (kernel) of Christianity is Jesus and his simple message. The rest are simply husks"?


Part II. Long Answer (Essay)
Choose only one of the two questions.
Discuss the so-called quest of the historical Jesus.




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Fr. Randy is the current Parish Priest and Rector of the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine in Quezon City, Philippines. He is also the Director of the Biblical Apostolate of the Diocese of Cubao and the coordinator for the Biblical Apostolate of the SVD Philippine Central Province. He teaches Biblical courses at the Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City. He holds a doctorate from the Ateneo de Manila University (PhD, 2015) and from the Loyola School of Theology (STD, 2014); Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL, 1999) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome); an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Divine Word Seminary  (1995). He served as president of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP), chairperson of the Tagaytay Religious Association (TRA), Dean of Studies (Divine Word Seminary), and editor of the academic journal  Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology. He founded the Certificate in Theological Studies (CTS) at the Divine Word Seminary and the SVD Tagaytay Alternative Learning System (SVD-ALS), an educational program for the out-of-school youth. Visit also his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/biblicalapostolateph