Christ of Paul of Samosata; a repressed truth in history

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1 Ph.D. Candidate in The field of comparative mysticism and religions, University of Tehran

2 Associate Professor, Department of comparative mysticism and religions, University of Tehran;

Abstract

Christology of Paul of Samosata was condemned to heresy in the 3rd century AD by the Synod of Antioch for its emphasis on the mere humanity of Jesus and the denial of the substantive divinity and preexistence of Christ. This Christology revolves around the three axes of the historical Christ, the God-like man, and the saving prophet, and shows that Jesus that like other human beings, is composed of soul and body but more transcendent, and was born of Mary at a point in history; With his moral development, he became worthy of the grace of the Son of God and attained the position of a prophet and the promised Messiah, who had already been designed in the plan of God's salvation. He was united with the will of God by his death to save human beings and to conquer the original sin of man. By looking at early Christianity, the author argues that the Christology of Paul Samosata, which is most closely related to early Christianity, revived the intellectual tradition of Jesus Christ and the thought of the early Christians, who considered Jesus to be a mere human. on the other hand, it is in opposition to the Catholic logos-cosmology Christology, which believes in the divinity and humanity of Jesus.

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Religions and Mysticism
Volume 54, Issue 2
March 2022
Pages 366-351

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