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INLEIDING<br />
10<br />
Die Opstanding van Jesus Chr<strong>is</strong>tus<br />
in die Vroeë Kerk<br />
Dr Kobus Labuschagne<br />
Die opstanding van die Here Jesus Chr<strong>is</strong>tus kan nie sonder sy verband<br />
met die Triniteit, Chr<strong>is</strong>tologie en Skeppingsleer reg verstaan word nie.<br />
In hierdie studie sal die lyne telkens gevolg word vanuit die Triniteit en<br />
die Chr<strong>is</strong>tologie. Ons kan saamstem met Abraham van de Beek dat<br />
die Chr<strong>is</strong>tologie die hart van die kerklike teologie <strong>is</strong>. Daarsonder bly<br />
daar niks oor nie, in die verstaan van God en die mense. V Fabella sê<br />
met reg, soos aangehaal deur Van de Beek (2002: 10):<br />
Chr<strong>is</strong>tology <strong>is</strong> at the heart of all theology, for it <strong>is</strong> Jesus who revealed<br />
us the deepest truth about God. In h<strong>is</strong> humanity Jesus revealed<br />
God as a loving God who cares for the weakest and lowliest and wills<br />
the full humanity and salvation of all, men and women alike. In h<strong>is</strong><br />
humanity, Jesus has shown us what it means to be truly human,<br />
to have life abundantly, to be saved. Th<strong>is</strong> Chr<strong>is</strong>tology <strong>is</strong> central and<br />
integral to any talk about God, human-God relati<strong>ons</strong>hip and all right<br />
relati<strong>ons</strong>hips and of any d<strong>is</strong>cussion about salvation and liberation.<br />
Ons kan ook nie werklik wegskram van wat Frances Young (2007: 77)<br />
aantoon nie:<br />
The Council of Chalcedon in 451 produced a Chr<strong>is</strong>tological Defi nition<br />
which has remained authoritative for all Western churches, Roman<br />
Catholic and Reformed, and for the Orthodox churches of the East.<br />
Dit gaan oor die volle Godheid en die volle mensheid van Chr<strong>is</strong>tus,<br />
onvermeng en onveranderd, ongedeel en ongeskei. Ons verleen ook<br />
<strong>ons</strong> instemming met John Macquarrie (2003: 383):<br />
The Chalcedonian formula <strong>is</strong> what the church in a solemn ecumenical<br />
council summoned at a critical juncture in its h<strong>is</strong>tory confessed as<br />
the summary of its faith in Jesus Chr<strong>is</strong>t. We could hardly reject it<br />
without rejecting our identity as Chr<strong>is</strong>tians. We would not be moving<br />
on to a new formulation of Chr<strong>is</strong>tian doctrine, but moving on to a new<br />
religion.<br />
Die Opstanding van Jesus Chr<strong>is</strong>tus in die Vroeë Kerk - Dr Kobus Labuschagne