Christian theology

====Works of Christ====
;Resurrection of Jesus
{{Main|Crucifixion of Jesus|Resurrection of Jesus}}
[[File:TheResurrectionOfChrist.jpg|thumb|upright|The Resurrection of Christ by [[Carl Heinrich Bloch]], 1875.]]
The resurrection is perhaps the most controversial aspect of the life of Jesus Christ. Christianity hinges on this point of Christology, both as a response to a particular history and as a confessional response.<ref>[[Reginald H. Fuller#The Foundations of New Testament Christology|Fuller 1965, p. 15]]</ref> Some Christians claim that because he was resurrected, the future of the world was forever altered. Most Christians believe that Jesus's resurrection brings reconciliation with God (II Corinthians 5:18), the destruction of death (I Corinthians 15:26), and forgiveness of sins for followers of Jesus Christ.

After Jesus had died, and was buried, the [[New Testament]] states that he appeared to others in bodily form. Some skeptics say his appearances were only perceived by his followers in mind or spirit. The gospels state that the disciples believed they witnessed Jesus's resurrected body and that led to the beginning of the faith. They had previously hid in fear of persecution after Jesus's death. After seeing Jesus they boldly proclaimed the message of Jesus Christ despite tremendous risk. They obeyed Jesus's mandate to be reconciled to God through repentance (Luke 24:47), baptism, and obedience (Matthew 28:19–20).

;Offices as Prophet, Priest, and King
Jesus Christ, the Mediator of humankind, fulfills the [[Threefold Office|three offices of Prophet, Priest, and King]]. [[Eusebius]] of the early church worked out this threefold classification, which during the Reformation played a substantial role in [[scholastic Lutheran Christology]] and in [[John Calvin]]'s<ref>John Calvin, Calvins Calvinism BOOK II Chapter 15 Centers for Reformed Theology and Apologetics [resource online] (1996–2002, accessed 3 June 2006);available from http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/books/book2/bk2ch15.html#one.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612235524/http://reformed.org/books/institutes/books/book2/bk2ch15.html#one.htm |date=12 June 2010 }}</ref> and [[John Wesley]]'s Christology.<ref>H. Orton Wiley, Christian Theology Chapter 22 [resource online] (Nampa, Idaho: 1993–2005, accessed 3 June 2006); available from http://wesley.nnu.edu/holiness_tradition/wiley/wiley-2-22.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518055901/http://wesley.nnu.edu/holiness%5Ftradition/wiley/wiley-2-22.htm |date=18 May 2009 }}</ref>