(with special reference
to the Council of Nicaea and Chalcedon)
Introduction: There is a
tremendous concentration in the Bible on one man, Jesus of Nazareth. If there had been no such concentration, or
if the texts had been uniform in the nature of their descriptions, there might
perhaps have been no need for Christology, for critical enquiry into the
significance of Jesus Christ for Christian faith. But there is this concentration, and the
terms in which the subject is expressed are extremely varied. We will see how the man Jesus was understood
and portrayed by the NT writers and then in the early church with special
reference to the Councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon.
