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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 Flores, SVD, is the current Rector of the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word in the Diocese of Cubao and Director of the Diocesan Biblical Apostolate. He is also Vice Provincial Superior of the SVD Philippine Central Province and Executive Director of the Arnold Janssen Catholic Mission Foundation, Inc. (AJCMFI), which supports educational programs for out-of-school youth through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education. He teaches biblical courses at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City and is a professor at the Divine Word Institute of Mission. He holds a PhD in Theology from the Ateneo de Manila University (2015), a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Loyola School of Theology (2014), a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1999), and an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Divine Word Seminary (1995). He has served as President of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP), Chairperson of the Tagaytay Religious Association (TRA), and Dean of Studies of the Divine Word Seminary. Visit his YouTube channel, Biblical Apostolate PH: https://www.youtube.com/c/biblica