Prolegomena and prayer

Bible is a book unlike any other book ever written by humanity. But what it is?


LOGOS
The fundamental idea behind the concept of Christology of the Word of God comes from the magnificent opening verses of the Gospel of John

    εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος
    ουτος ην εν αρχη προς τον θεον
    παντα δι αυτου εγενετο και χωρις αυτου εγενετο ουδε εν ο γεγονεν
    εν αυτω ζωη ην και η ζωη ην το φως των ανθρωπων


   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
   The same was in the beginning with God.
   All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.
   In Him was life, and that life was the Light of men.   John 1:1-4




Council of Chalcedon

The Church of Christ was strongly challenged by deacon Arius of Alexandria to define the Trinity. This was done in the Ecumenical Councils of Nicaea 325 and Constantinople 381. These enhanced the meaning of Creed or formal commonly agreed confession of faith within the Church especially in the rejection of false teachings and doctrines.

But if Jesus of Nazareth, the Jewish man born in Bethlehem, is a person in the holy Trinity and thus God, how does this work out in real life and logic?

Many ideas were presented by early church fathers, orthodox and heretic. Some ideas were variations of basic themes and some writings were totally off. Finally, after four centuries of intensive discussions and debates the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon decided for the Church what Orthodoxy thinks about this mystery. It was held from 8 October to 1 November, 451 AD in the ancient maritime city of Chalcedon located on the Asian side of Bosporus. Today the old city is the Kadıköy district of Istanbul.


Christology of the Word of God
Christology of the Word of God applies the teaching of Chalcedon to help us understand better our faith in the Word God.

In other words, Christology of the Word of God examines the significance of the Council of Chalcedon to Biblical hermeneutics. 



Prayer
This subject is enormous, something like a Himalaja of Theology, and my prayer is that we could together humbly and with open ears wonder its valleys and peaks and walk together; that we would have open ears and eyes so that the Holy Spirit Himself would in His grace teach us more about the Truth, the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ - the Word of God.
Amen