The Gospel Coalition has posted a link to the pdf of an article, "The Person of Christ," which is a part of the The ESV Study Bible. It seems to me [neither a scholar nor a theologian] a pretty good primer. [Update: according to Justin Taylor, the author of the article is Erik Thoennes of Biola]The introductory paragraph:
Four statements must be understood and affirmed in order to attain a complete biblical picture of the person of Jesus Christ:A chart included later in the article neatly summarizes "Heresies Concerning the Person of Christ":
- Jesus Christ is fully and completely divine.
- Jesus Christ is fully and completely human.
- The divine and human natures of Christ are distinct.
- The divine and human natures of Christ are completely united in one person.
| Ebionism | denies the deity of Christ |
| Arianism | denies the fullness of the deity of Christ |
| Docetism | denies the humanity of Christ |
| Apollinarianism | denies the fullness of the humanity of Christ |
| Nestorianism | denies the unity of the natures in one person |
| Eutychianism | denies the distinction of the natures |
The pdf is linked here.
The Gospel Coalition - The Person of Christ
I keep looking at the ESV study Bible. But that's a lot of book and I don't think I'd want to carry that around, even at church.
ReplyDeleteWhat I'd like is to get the Kindle version (and a Kindle to read it on).