r Taken from The Way of Jesus Christ, by Jurgen I, Moltmann, Fortress Press, 1995, pp. 78-87. 79 78 The Messianic Mission of Christ Christ's Birth in the Spirit e r he s i s s s er hr t New es e i t elf mor and more f om 12 Helpful Definitions of Words Used in the Reading -�ariolo_g_y!detached e church:rhi u i h s wa e he s s and in c tain C istian tradition T tam nt i:Zst mony: e e ere e e h its lf. At no he i he u taining fo ndat on of c ri tology Christology(ies) (from Greek Χριστός Khristós [Christ] and -λογία, - actually mad t he e s e s h e n t e doctrin of th Orthodox po nt is t diff nce b twe h logia [study] is the field of study within Christian theology which is ot r e nt a e e e i that of t N w Te tam Roman Cat olic church s and he and i e e s e t e primarily concerned with the ontology [the nature of being, existence s 13 s h s Mary, th ological mariology, and gr at as in the v n rat on of e h r st s e s t and relationships] of the person of Jesus as recorded in the canonical u e d n d, the di tanc between dogma . A t i gap w s he marian the s he it. Gospels and the epistles of the New Testament.(wiki) es e ianity' J wi h tradition gr w wit rch's th ology and Ch i he ch e i he e is 't es r her h Child Je us in r arm - do th Madonna with se What es h ss i te Miriam h e se do w th t J w h mot r Mariology is the theological study of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Godd s and he o' - av to s t e s d him lf e ? e t lf-willed son J us, w o di oc a Mariology aims to connect scripture, tradition and the teachings of the and er ind pendent, e h ehe u hesus s i is of Mary and it i the roo s of h church' veneration Church on Mary. It can be broadly defined as the study of devotion to from h r Ar 14 , i s ? h B t l m, b t in Ep ith to be ought, not n Jew e and thinking about Mary throughout the history of Christianity. (wiki) mar ology i re ll hi e u . Diana cult e t s w t he e e e of th Romani bapt smal c ed runs: ' ...born The t rd-c nt ry ix IX ay,ou xa, Romulus (and his twin brother, Remus,) was the legendary founder and aapxwei:vwIn t Nic n cre d th bir h i e and the V rgin Mary ...' h Holy Spirit r e e irit first king of Rome. The had a miraculous birth story, in which they c; ,iJc; 11:apei:vou i 71:VcUfJ. '!'Oc; Mapcalink d with the incarnation: ' ... ex Maria incarnatus est de spirituHoly sancto Sp and t e· were raised by a she-wolf. i ...' (' ... nca nat of th est de e e conceptus virgine .. Latin:t e ' ...t es V rgin Mary'; Maria virgine e e spiritu sancto, natusApos ex l ' cr ed we r ad: ' ... is the English transliteration of .'). In h e hese si (שכינה :The Shekhina (Biblical Hebrew he (' ... conceiv d by th Holy a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the dwelling ss he e i he e es e confes onal st i Virgin Mary .. .' ). Ar t Spirit, born of t e is ? or settling of the divine presence of God. i ess ? Can t y sh e w th t N w T tam nt witne atements n accordanc t t ? s i e s of chr tology e h s e olog cally nec ary compon nt §2 CHRIST'S BIRTH IN THE SPIRIT be own to be a th ? he e s h e s to ay o us oday Is Doh s tt si cr dal formula t ll hav anything onc aid s t e r w at i ays today t sam a w at it In thisti sectiontr we hall noe talks about J sus' virginrt bi th,es ass 1. Christ's Birth in the Spirit from a Historical Perspective e h e e e e s dogma c adition has don .We hall talk about the bi h of J u e i t s t he s sus s e Christe i from th Holye Spirit; fors we ate w ar ds aling withe her i not a Th virgine b r h i no onehe of t esspillar thath i tains the New qu st one of egyna cology;s e it i a tht m of Chri tiant pns eumatology.e Testamt nt faith sin i Christ.e T e conft e iion of fait n Je sus, th Sons of Ine th N w Te tam nt, uChris 's 'virgin birs h'e ei r lati d onlyt t by 15 God, hes Lord, i ndepthe nd nt ofhe h ev rgines birth,e andh s i not ba edi on Luk and Matthew.s It was s nknown,e or con id r d un mpor an , in it. Ae wees know, faithis ofs t esNrew tiT tam nt a itsi foundate on weide area eof earlye Chri tian belief (thee Pauline and sJohannine e e in tht t timony to Chrs t' r uri hc theon. It isi only n Luk ande s ctors, for xampl ).But e fhroms th thirde c nturye onward it bs cam 11 Mat hew thate anye link i forged w t i nativi ty story.i Moreovh r,h a firm componente e ofe th Ce ri tian cree ds and th ological chri etolog­ e he i i e i h s e e he s we findth conf ssion of faith in Christ n Chr stian trad tions w ic ies. Th r is no sp cial th ological t aching about Mary in th N w knows nothing of t v rgins ub rth, or do not m nt on it. T i T stament, and no acknowledgment of her as 'moth r of t Chri t'. t th i ir h t e s t ess e i e indi putable fact alone allow s to draw th� theol_g_gi_calconclusion �ath t e v rginhe be t does not providee th heju tificaeion fore confe ingh __ But wh n the chr stological conflictse e b gan,e mariologys startede to y C ris . 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