TITLE:
Being Christian on the Condition of the Relationship with God through the Incarnate Logos—Anthropological Christology of Edward Schillebeeckx
AUTHORS:
Francisco Sabotsy
KEYWORDS:
Christian, Edward Schillebeeckx, Revelation, Incarnation, Sacrament, Anthropological Christology
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.11 No.3,
March
8,
2024
ABSTRACT: The research presented here is part of our project and ideology of Christism developed in other articles. It seems believable that all people are aware of the existence of the Great Thought speaking to them inwardly to guide them into truth and a pearl of practical wisdom. But the fact is that they understand it differently, some understand it as just their own reason, an inborn intelligence, or smartness; but for others, it is the intuition, common sense, or a sound of practical judgment, a mother wit. This awareness was already in the ancient Greek philosophers, from Heraclitus in the 6th century BCE onwards, and they understood the Great Thought whispering in humans as Logos, an independent entity that has access to the human mind and reasoning. To proclaim the Gospel to the Greek intellectuals, the author of the fourth Gospel used the term Logos to refer to Jesus Christ. On the basis of this, Justin Martyr (ca. 100-165 CE) claims that by virtue of living reasonably, all people are Christians. Being Christian, however, is the relationship with God centered on the incarnate Logos.