Lehrsätze im Grundkurs - Parish Pastoral Councils

Lehrsätze im Grundkurs
Outline of Karl Rahner, Foundations of Christian Faith, Chapter VI: “Jesus Christ”
Correlated with the Lehrsätze from Christologie: systematisch und exegetisch
By Mark F. Fischer, St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo
Lehrsatz:
Introduction
Part 1: Christology within an Evolutionary View of the World
A. Explanation and Clarification of the Topic
B. The Unity of All Created Things
C. The Notion of “Active Self-Transcendence”
D. The Finality of the History of Nature and Spirit
E. Man’s Place in the Cosmos
F. The Place of Christ in an Evolutionary View of the World
G. On the Notion of Absolute Saviour
H. Remarks on the Meaning of the Assertion of a Hypostatic Union
I. On the Relationship Between Human Transcendence and Hypostatic Union
Part 2: On the Phenomenology of Our Relationship to Jesus Christ
A. The Starting Point in an Actual Faith Relationship
1, 2
B. The Relationship to Jesus Christ as Absolute Saviour
3, 4
C. The Relationship to Jesus Christ Is Self-Validating
7
Part 3: Transcendental Christology.
A. Some Objections to Transcendental Christology
8
B. The Importance of Transcendental Christology in Our Age
9
C. The Presuppositions of Transcendental Christology
10, 11
D. The Development of a Transcendental Christology
12, 13, 14
Part 4: What Does It Mean to Say: “God Became Man”?
A. The Question of the “Incarnation of God”
B. The “Word” of God
C. Became “Man”
D. Can the Immutable “Become” Something?
E. The “Word” Became Man
F. Man as the Cipher of God
G. On the Importance and the Limits of Dogmatic Formulas
Part 5: On the Theological Understanding of the History of the Life and Death of Jesus of
Nazareth
(a) Preliminary Remarks
A. On the Relationship of the Previous Transcendental Inquiry to Historical Events
B. The Accountability of Our Faith in Jesus as the Christ
C. The Circular Structure of Faith Knowledge
D. The Historical Dimension of Christian Faith
E. The Problem of the Universal Significance of Particular Historical Events
F. The Inevitable Incongruence Between Relative Historical Certainty and Absolute
Commitment
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(b) Observations from Hermeneutics and Fundamental Theology on the Problem of
Historical Knowledge of the Pre-Resurrection Jesus.
15, 16
A. Two Theses
B. Christian Faith Refers to the Concrete History of Jesus
C. On the Relationship Between the Object and the Ground of Faith
D. On the Different Meanings of “History”
E. The Faith of the First Witnesses and Our Faith
F. Salvific Knowledge Is Possible Only Within the Commitment of Faith
G. On the Distinction Between Articulations of the Object of Faith and the Ground of
Faith
H. The Minimal Historical Presuppositions of an Orthodox Christology to Be
Established by Fundamental Theology
(c) The Empirical Concrete Structure of the Life of Jesus.
A. The Nature of Our Procedure
B. A Summary in Thesis Form
17
(d) On the Basic Self-Understanding of the Pre-Resurrection Jesus.
A. The Truly Human Self-Consciousness of Jesus
18, 19
B. The Problem of the “Imminent Expectation”
20
C. Jesus’ Message about God’s Kingdom as the Definitive Proclamation of Salvation21
D. The Connection Between the Message and the Person of Jesus
22
(e) The Relationship of the Pre-Resurrection Jesus to His Death
23
(f) Miracles in the Life of Jesus and Their Weight in Fundamental Theology.
A. Questions on the Importance of the Miracles of Jesus for Our Relationship to Him in
Faith
B. Official Church Teaching and the Contemporary Horizon of Understanding
C. On the General Notion of Miracle
D. Miracles and the Laws of Nature
E. Miracles from the Perspective of the Relationship Between God and World
F. Miracle as Call
G. The Various Miracles of Jesus and the Unique Miracle of His Resurrection
Part 6: The Theology of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
(a) Preliminary Remarks
(b) Intellectual Presuppositions for Discussing the Resurrection.
A. The Unity of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus
24
B. The Meaning of “Resurrection”
25
(c) Transcendental Hope in the Resurrection as the Horizon for Experiencing the
Resurrection of Jesus.
A. Summary Thesis
26
B. Knowledge of One’s Own Death
C. Anthropological Reflections on Death and the Finality of Existence
D. What Do “Afterlife” and “Eternity” Mean?
E. The Experience of Immortality: Nature or Grace?
(d) On Understanding the Resurrection of Jesus
A. Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus as a Unique Fact
27
B. The Unity of the Apostolic Experience of the Resurrection and Our Own
28
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(e) The Resurrection Experience of the First Disciples
29
(f) The Original Theology of the Resurrection of Jesus as the Starting Point of All
Christology
30
A. The Vindication and Acceptance of Jesus’ Claim to Be the Absolute Saviour
30a,
30b
B. The Point of Departure for “Late” New Testament Christology
30c
(g) On the Theology of the Death of Jesus from the Perspective of the Resurrection.
A. The Interpretation of the Death of Jesus as Cause of Salvation
31a
B. The Foundation of the Soteriological Interpretation of the Death of Jesus
31b
Part 7: The Content, Permanent Validity, and Limits of Classical Christology and
Soteriology
(a) The Content of Classical Christology and Soteriology.
A. Preliminary Remarks
B. The Official Christology of the Church
32a-g
C. Classical Soteriology
32h
(b) The Legitimacy of the Classical Doctrine of Incarnation
33
(c) The Limits of Classical Christology and Soteriology.
34
A. The Problem of Horizons of Understanding
34a
B. The Problem of the “Is” Formulas
34b, 34c
C. The Indetermination of the Point of Unity in the Hypostatic Union
34d
D. Inadequate Expression of the Soteriological Significance of the Christ Event
34e
Part 8: On the Question of New Approaches to Orthodox Christology
35a, 35b
(a) The Need for Closer Unity Between Fundamental Theology and Dogmatic Theology
in Christology.
A. Priority of the Lived Actualization of Existence to Reflection Upon It
35b (cont.)
B. Appeals in a “Searching Christology”
35b (cont.)
C. The Appeal to an Absolute Love of Neighbor
35b (aa)
D. The Appeal to Readiness for Death
35b (bb)
E. The Appeal to Hope in the Future
35b (cc)
(b) The Task of a “Christology from Below.”
35c
A. Man as a Being Oriented Towards Immediacy to God
35c (aa)
B. The Unity Between the Eschatological Event of Salvation and the Absolute Saviour
35c (bb)
C. The Connection Between this Reflection and the Church’s Doctrine of Incarnation
35c (cc)
D. On the Relationship Between Ascending Christology and the Question of Eternal,
Divine Sonship
(c) Specific Dogmatic Problems.
A. The Possibility of an Orthodox “Consciousness Christology”
35d
B. The Problem of Pre-Existence
35e
C. The Discussion of the Death of God
35f
Part 9: The Personal Relation of a Christian to Jesus Christ
A. The Need for an “Existentiell” Christology
B. Individual, Concrete Relationship to Jesus Christ
C. A Theo-Logical Reflection
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D. The Unity Between the Love of God and Concrete Love of Nature
E. The Risk of Encounter
Part 10: Jesus Christ in Non-Christian Religions
A. The Question Within the Limits of a Dogmatic Reflection
B. Two Presuppositions
C. Christ and Non-Christian Religions
D. The Presence of Christ in the Holy Spirit
E. The Searching “Memory” of All Faith Is Directed Towards the Absolute Saviour
F. The Question about the Concrete History of Religion
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