Gospel of John Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Christology=== {{Further|Christology}} Scholars agree that while the Gospel of John clearly regards Jesus as divine, it just as clearly subordinates him to the one God.{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|pp=53}} According to [[James Dunn (theologian)|James Dunn]], this Christology view in John, does not describe a subordinationist relation, but rather the authority and validity of the Son's "revelation" of the Father, the continuity between the Father and the Son. Dunn sees this view as intended to serve the Logos Christology,<ref name="Dunn">{{cite book |last1=Dunn |first1=James D. G. |title=Neither Jew nor Greek: A Contested Identity (Christianity in the Making, Volume 3) |date=2015 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-1-4674-4385-2 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVZeCwAAQBAJ |language=ar}}</ref> while others (e.g., [[Andrew Loke]]) see it as connected to the [[Incarnation (Christianity)|incarnation]] theme in John.<ref name="Loke">Loke, Andrew. "A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation." Ashgate Publishing, 2014, p. 28β30</ref> The idea of the [[Trinity]] developed only slowly through the merger of Hebrew monotheism and the idea of the messiah, Greek ideas of the relationship between God, the world, and the mediating Saviour, and the Egyptian concept of the three-part divinity.{{sfn|Hillar|2012|pp=132}} However, while the developed doctrine of the Trinity is not explicit in the books that constitute the [[New Testament]], the New Testament possesses a [[triad (religion)|triadic]] understanding of God{{sfn|Hurtado|2010|pp=99β110}} and contains a number of [[Trinitarian formula]]s.{{sfn|Januariy|2013|p=99}}<ref> {{cite book |first = Archimandrite |last=Januariy |editor-last1 = Stewart |editor-first1 = Melville Y. |editor-link1 = Melville Y. Stewart |orig-date = 2003 |location = Dordrecht |chapter = The Elements of Triadology in the New Testament |title = The Trinity: East/West Dialogue |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xJzdBgAAQBAJ |series = Volume 24 of Studies in Philosophy and Religion |date = 9 March 2013 |publisher = Springer Science & Business Media |publication-date = 2013 |page = 100 |isbn = 978-94-017-0393-2 |access-date = 21 December 2021 |quote = Trinitarian formulas are found in New Testament books such as 1 Peter 1:2; and 2 Cor 13:13. But the formula used by John the mystery-seer is unique. Perhaps it shows John's original adaptation of Paul's dual formula. }} </ref> John's "high Christology" depicts Jesus as divine and pre-existent, defends him against Jewish claims that he was "making himself equal to God",<ref>{{bibleverse|John|5:18}}</ref>{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|p=51}} and talks openly about his divine role and echoing [[Yahweh]]'s "[[I Am that I Am]]" with seven "[[I am (biblical term)|I Am]]" declarations of his own.{{sfn|Harris|2006|pp=302β10}}{{Efn|The declarations are: * "I am the [[Bread of Life Discourse|bread of life]]"<ref>{{bibleverse|John|6:35|DRA|6:35}}</ref> * "I am the [[light of the world]]"<ref>{{bibleverse|John|8:12|DRA|8:12}}</ref> * "I am the gate for the sheep"<ref>{{bibleverse|John|10:7|DRA|10:7}}</ref> * "I am the [[good shepherd]]"<ref>{{bibleverse|John|10:11|DRA|10:11}}</ref> * "I am the resurrection and the life"<ref>{{bibleverse|John|11:25|DRA|11:25}}</ref> * "I am [[the way, the truth, and the life|the way and the truth and the life]]"<ref>{{bibleverse|John|14:6|DRA|14:6}}</ref> * "I am the [[true vine]]".<ref>{{bibleverse|John|15:1|DRA|15:1}}</ref>}} At the same time there is a similar stress as in [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] on the physical continuity on Jesus' resurrected body, as Jesus asks [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]] to "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."{{sfn|Cullmann|1965|p=11}}<ref>{{bibleverse|John|20:27}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page