Friday, October 2, 2015
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Quiz 9/30/15
Explain and Elaborate the christology of the following:
1. Apolinarius
2. Cyril's response to Nestorius
3. Leo the Great
4. Nestorius' "Liber Heraclides"
5. Chalcedon
1. Apolinarius
2. Cyril's response to Nestorius
3. Leo the Great
4. Nestorius' "Liber Heraclides"
5. Chalcedon
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Humanity of Jesus
In the Council of Chalcedon. the identity of Jesus Christ came to be understood as consisting of two natures, human and divine, in a unity of one person. After 1,564 years, we continue to explore the best way to express the language of Chalcedon in today's terms. This is what it means for a faith that seeks understanding.
Catholic theologians of the 1950s (Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Piet Schoonenberg, Bernhard Welte, and Bernard Lonergan) have pointed out the limits of Greek and classical scholastic philosophy (e.g. the meaning of "person"). These theologians instead preferred to use existential philosophy (or transcendental theology) to make dogma meaningful.
For a synthesis of this, read the essay of Elizabeth Johnson, "The Humanity of Jesus," in Consider Jesus (1991), pp. 19-34; also in the FileBox.
Some points to consider are the following:
1. Human Nature. What are the three kinds of experiences of the human being that may give us an answer to the question about human nature?
2. Divine Nature. Using the language of existentialism, "person" can be thought of as "self-being" or "self-subsistence." In this sense, what is divine nature then? Karl Rahner has suggested three ways of talking about this (p. 27).
3. One Person. Given these renewed way of understanding human and divine natures, how then can we explain the meaning of "one person" in Jesus? (pp. 27-31).
Catholic theologians of the 1950s (Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Piet Schoonenberg, Bernhard Welte, and Bernard Lonergan) have pointed out the limits of Greek and classical scholastic philosophy (e.g. the meaning of "person"). These theologians instead preferred to use existential philosophy (or transcendental theology) to make dogma meaningful.
For a synthesis of this, read the essay of Elizabeth Johnson, "The Humanity of Jesus," in Consider Jesus (1991), pp. 19-34; also in the FileBox.
Some points to consider are the following:
1. Human Nature. What are the three kinds of experiences of the human being that may give us an answer to the question about human nature?
2. Divine Nature. Using the language of existentialism, "person" can be thought of as "self-being" or "self-subsistence." In this sense, what is divine nature then? Karl Rahner has suggested three ways of talking about this (p. 27).
3. One Person. Given these renewed way of understanding human and divine natures, how then can we explain the meaning of "one person" in Jesus? (pp. 27-31).
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Chalcedon
Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance [homoousious] with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer [Theotokos] one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized IN TWO NATURES, WITHOUT CONFUSION, WITHOUT CHANGE, WITHOUT DIVISION, WITHOUT SEPARATION; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person [prosopon] and subsistence [hypostasis], not as parted or separated into two persons [prosopa], but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and as our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the Fathers has delivered to us.
For an excellent reflection on the humanity of Jesus, read Elizabeth Johnson, "The Humanity of Jesus," in Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology (New York: Crossroad, 1991), 19-34. - availbe in the FileBox.
For an excellent reflection on the humanity of Jesus, read Elizabeth Johnson, "The Humanity of Jesus," in Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology (New York: Crossroad, 1991), 19-34. - availbe in the FileBox.
Gerard's Theory of Sacrifice
1. Further Reading: G. O'Collins, Jesus Our Redeemer: A Christian Approach to Salvation
2. Rene Girard's Theory of Sacrifice
2. Rene Girard's Theory of Sacrifice
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About Me
- Fr. Randolf C. Flores, SVD
- 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