This unit follows the great councils of the early Church, each of which answered one wrong account of who Christ is. Taught as a sequence of questions and answers, the councils become a story rather than a list of dates.
Lessons
| Lesson | Big question |
|---|---|
| 5.1 True God | Was Jesus just a great teacher? |
| 5.2 True man | Did Jesus really feel, learn and choose? |
| 5.3 One Person, two natures | How can one person be both? |
| 5.4 Born of a virgin, risen from the dead | Did these things really happen? |
The lessons in this unit are being written. Until they are ready, the readings below cover the same ground in more depth.
Philosophy you will need
Nature and person again (Unit 3), now applied to one Person with two natures.
Watch out for
Jesus is not half God and half man, nor a man who became divine. The Resurrection is a bodily event, not a metaphor for the disciples’ faith.