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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 069: Following the Right Jesus

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Joseph White's book The Incarnate Lord discusses the importance of Jesus' identity. The classical tradition of Christology understood Jesus ontologically, that is to say, in terms of his fundamental being or existential identity; whereas modern and contemporary Christology tends to understand Jesus psychologically or relationally. The transition from an ontological Christology to a consciousness Christology has conduced toward all manner of relativism, subjectivism, indifferentism, and the attenuation of evangelical zeal. In this episode, Bishop Robert Barron unpacks these theological concepts and explains their consequences in familiar terms. The listener question asks about the Jesus Seminar of the Westar Institute.

Topics Discussed

  • 0:17  - Introduction, Chesterton, and Bishop's recent trip.
  • 3:00 - What is Christology and why does it matter?
  • 4:55 - Why does high-level theology matter?
  • 7:28 - What is the major difference with modern Christology?
  • 10:58 - Who is Jesus?
  • 13:20 - What are the ramifications of reading Jesus with a psychological priority rather than an ontological priority?
  • 15:00 - How is the emphasis on Jesus' ontology make Christianity unique compared to other religions?
  • 18:20 - What was the theological priority of the early Church?
  • 19:45 - What are some of the insights we learn about Jesus from Saint Thomas Aquinas?
  • 25:15 - What books does Bishop Barron recommend for studying Christology?
  • 27:00 - Question from listener: What does Bishop Barron think about the Jesus Seminar of the Westar Institute?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and, again, be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot, the host and the content director.

0:10.8

Joining me as he does every week is the great Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop Barron

0:15.4

We are always always always glad to have you welcome.

0:18.4

Well, I'm glad to be with the great Brandon Vot. Always good to talk to you. How are the

0:24.1

kids doing?

0:25.1

Oh, we're doing wonderful. You know, it's summer's finally coming back so it's warming

0:29.3

up for getting time to play outside.

0:31.7

Hey, you know, mentioning kids there, I'm reading Joseph Pierce biography of Chester 10.

0:38.6

And I picked it up when I was at the LA Congress, but you had said to me, it's the best one.

0:43.1

And I think that's right. He catches the spirit. But I just finished the chapter. You know,

0:46.7

of course, Chester and his wife were not able to have their own children. But yet he

0:50.2

had this deep affection for kids and was, it's beautiful that these relationships he had.

0:56.0

And he write little poems to the kids when they would come to visit him. And they of course

0:59.9

loved him. And anyway, I just was reminded of that as I mentioned to your kids.

1:04.3

One of my favorite stories from that book is there was a group of little girls who went

1:08.4

to a hotel and they discovered that Chester 10 was there staying at the hotel and they

1:12.5

were big fans of Chester 10's stories in these fairy tales. And so they submitted a note

1:18.4

to the attendant asking if Chester 10 would perhaps join them for dinner, something like

1:23.2

that. And so they sent the note up there. And they said, Chester 10's reply. I forgot

1:27.1

the exact words, but it was something like he was shocked and overwhelmed and excited

1:32.0

that they were asking him to come to dinner with them rather than the other way around.

1:37.1

He saw, he saw being with children as a great privilege for himself rather than the other

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