[asa] Christ & theology

"The only way truly to know yourself is to know Jesus the Christ" is
certainly a theological statement - theological anthropology if you wish,
but theological. At least it is if one holds a traditional Christian belief
about who Jesus is. & if one doesn't hold that belief then the statement
makes as much & as little sense as to say that "the only way truly to know
yourself is to know Joe Schmoe." & probably even less because Joe might be
alive & you could meet him while (under the assumed conditions) Jesus has
been dead & turned to clay 2000 years ago.

Theology is about God - or "God and divine things" as one old definition
says. Whether or not you talk about that in terms of "the supernatural" is
another question.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>
To: <gregoryarago@yahoo.ca>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: [asa] Theology - Joker of the 'Sciences'

>I recall trying to figure how you apply the ancient Greek aphorism "Know
>Thyself." I first thought that you had to know God in order to know
>yourself. Thereafter, I realized that the only way truly to know yourself
>is to know Jesus the Christ. I do not think this is theology. Theology is
>the discipline with the supernatural as its subject matter but this is more
>attuned with our inner nature of knowing the supernatural without truly
>understanding it.
>
>
>
> Moorad

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