Christ event
English
editProper noun
edit- (theology) The Incarnation, considered as a historical event rather than a matter of theology.
- 2009, Hans Burger, Being in Christ: A Biblical and Systematic Investigation, page 264:
- Another problem is that reconstructions of Paul with the help of the concept of 'corporate personality' tend to emphasise the objectivity and realised character of the Christ event.
- 2010, Victor I Ezigbo, Re-Imagining African Christologies, page 187:
- In fact, if a theologian approaches the Christ-Event with the intent to exhaustively grasp God, the Christology of the theologian is doomed to failure.
- 2012, PH Brazier, C.S. Lewis – The Work of Christ Revealed, page 262:
- Because of the Star of Bethlehem, we would expect there to be astrological stories predating the actual Star of Bethlehem, much in the same way that Lewis argued that because of the actual Christ-event we should expect to find echoes and intimations outside of the actual event.