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Day 3. September 6, 2006
Movement 1. Dei Filius
Lecture 2. From Jesus to Christ: How the Jesus of History Became the Christ of Faith (Part 2)
The Gospels themselves exhibit the "necessary work of creative interpretation" in the views they provide us of Jesus. They present us with the core mysteries at the center of Christianity encapsulated in the Incarnation and the Trinity. The answers to a host of perplexing questions - today's orthodoxies - emerged gradually over centuries. The canonic Gospels as survivors of a fierce competition among groups tell us as much about those they were for as about Jesus. Despite their commonalities, the synoptic Gospels - Mark, Matthew, and Luke/Acts - were intended originally for very different audiences.