RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Demigod, Coptic Orthodox Church Of Alexandria

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: John H.Young

Document Summary

Jesus is the central figure in the christian tradition. Christians understand him to be their saviour, the one through whom god has act to save them (i. e. , to be in right relationship with them) A key concept for christians is the incarnation, the idea that in the person of jesus of nazareth. God took on human flesh and lived in the world for a time. Christians believe that god took this step in order to bring human beings back into right relationship with god. A dispute in eastern christianity early in the 4th century over this concept. Everyone agreed that jesus was divine, but was he divine in the same way as the father, the. Partial resolution at the council of nicaea (325 c. e. ) with final resolution at the council of. Constantinople (381: one god father, son, and holy spirit. Jesus as having both human and divine natures. Jesus is understood to have both a human and a divine nature.