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Basic approaches and lines in the christological work of Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI.
Frývaldský, Pavel ; Pospíšil, Ctirad Václav (referee) ; Krumpolc, Eduard (referee)
Basic approaches and lines in the Christological work of Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI. The thesis gives an outline of Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI's Christology. It focuses on the Pope's two-volume book about Jesus and the disputation it raised in the theological world. The first chapter presents a brief biography of Joseph Ratzinger, the second chapter deals with basic methodological approaches towards Christology: the relationship between historical and theological exegetics and between the Old and New Testaments, also the relation between biblical faith and philosophical (historical) reason. The third chapter presents the basic lines of Ratzinger's theology - incarnation, mystery of Jesus' life, theology of the cross and soteriology. In his Christology Ratzinger strives for a synthesis of historical-critical and ecclesiastic- theological exegetics and for the connection of philosophical (historical) reason and biblical faith. Model of the synthesis is incarnation: unification of divine and human nature in the person of the Word incarnate. On the ground of this unity not only historical, but also theological interpretation of the Gospel is possible, and also the christological interpretation of the Old Testament. The central topic of Ratzinger's Christology is confession of Jesus as God's...

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