Christology

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/christology

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary subject?The nature, identity, and salvific role of Jesus Christ within Christian theology
2. What is the related theological fields?Soteriology (doctrine of salvation), Ecclesiology (doctrine of the Church), and Trinitarian theology
3. Was Jesus only human or only divine?Christology asks if Jesus was just a human, just a divine being, or a mix of both.
4. What did the Council of Chalcedon decide about Jesus?In 451 CE, the Council of Chalcedon said Jesus is one person with two natures: one human and one divine, joined together without mixing or separating.

Hypostatic Union: The doctrine that Jesus Christ is one person with two distinct natures, divine and human.
Adoptionism: A theological view suggesting Jesus was a human adopted by God, rather than inherently divine from birth.
Miaphysitism: The belief, held by Oriental Orthodox Churches, that Christ has one composite divine-human nature.