1. Ascending and Descending Christology
Gregory Clarke 1D
Cardinal & Gold
Religion or Theology?

2. Definitions
Christology-the branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ.
Descending Christology-is the study of Jesus Christ, by looking at him as first, the divine son of God, and then moving downward to the view of him as a human.
Ascending Christology-is the study of Jesus beginning with his human life and moving upward into his relationship with God.

3. Ascending Christology
And Jesus wept.

4. Descending Christology
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”

5. Descending Christology
Matthew 8:25
Jesus walked on water

6.
The Glory of these Forty Days
The glory of these forty days we celebrate with songs of praise; for Christ, through whom all things were made, himself has fasted and has prayed.
Text: Latin 6th Century
Music:J Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, 1547
Translator: Maurice F. Bell, 1906
Do the lyrics show Ascending or Descending Christology ?

7. Jesus In The Well
Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon.

13. Who do you say I am ?