God Sent His Son: A Contemporary Christology

by Christoph Schönborn

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2010

Overview

In this work of Christology, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, a world-renowned theologian, takes as his starting point the Apostle Paul’s statement, “But when the time had fully come, God sent for his Son, born of woman, born under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons” (Gal 4:4–5). Based on many years of lecturing on Christology, Cardinal Schönborn’s work moves from the solid conviction of faith that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah of Israel, the Son of the Living God, through the development of the Church’s understanding of this truth, to the consideration of contemporary issues and the views of various modern theologians. God Sent His Son has the comprehensiveness and scholarly precision of a textbook but the insights and personal relevance of a work of spirituality.

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons’ (Gal 4:4–5). This key sentence, which sums up the heart of what the Apostle Paul was preaching, is the theme of the Christology presented here.” (Page 11)

“The entire canon of the New Testament is reviewed, assembled, and filtered tradition. Scripture and tradition are indivisible from the very beginning; Scripture is unthinkable without tradition; it is itself a ‘product’ of tradition.” (Page 33)

“The first pillar is Scripture. What we know (historically) about Jesus of Nazareth derives almost exclusively (apart from a few mentions in Pliny, Tacitus, or Jewish writings) from the New Testament, above all from the Gospels.” (Page 33)

“the living experience of the Lord as present and active is one of the foundations of Christology” (Page 34)

“The first crack is the Reformation. It calls tradition into question” (Page 35)

Product Details

• Title: God Sent His Son: A Contemporary Christology
• Author: Christoph Schönborn
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jesus Christ › Person and offices; Jesus Christ › History of doctrines
• ISBNs: 9781586174101, 158617410X
• Resource ID: LLS:GODSENTHISSON
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:53:38Z

About Christoph Schönborn

Christoph Schönborn is an Austrian theologian and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as the archbishop of Vienna and the president of the Austrian Bishops Conference.

He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1970 and received his Licentiate of Sacred Theology only a year later. He later studied under professor Joseph Ratzinger in Regensburg, and shortly later received his doctorate in Sacred Theology in Paris. He was a professor of dogmatics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and in 1980 was appointed a member of the International Theological Commission of the Holy See. In 1987, he became the editorial secretary for the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In 1991, he was chosen to be an auxiliary bishop of Vienna, and in 1995 became its archbishop.