Jesus Christ  Encyclopędia Britannica Article

also called Jesus of Galilee,  or Jesus of Nazareth  founder of Christianity, which today claims a third of the world's population. His deeds and message are recorded in the New Testament. Because of the theological motifs and presuppositions in the faith of the early church, however, it is difficult to write with certainty an authentic life of Jesus.

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Contents of this article:

• Introduction
• The gospel tradition
• Sources
• Non-Christian sources
• Christian sources
• The Pauline Letters
• The Gospels
• Times and environment
• Political conditions
• Religious conditions
• The Pharisees
• The Sadducees
• The scribes
• The Zealots
• The Essenes
• The life and ministry of Jesus
• The birth and family
• The birth of Jesus
• The family of Jesus
• The ministry
• The role of John the Baptist
• The beginning of the ministry
• The calling of the disciples
• The Galilean period
• The message of Jesus
• The Kingdom of God
• The will of God
• The sufferings and death of Jesus in Jerusalem
• The story of Jesus and faith in Jesus
• The picture of Christ in the early church: The Apostles' Creed
• Preexistence
• Jesus Christ
• God's only son
• The Lord
• Incarnation and humiliation
• Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary
• Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried
• He descended into hell
• Glorification
• The third day he rose again from the dead
• He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almighty
• From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead
• The dogma of Christ in the ancient councils
• The councils of Nicaea and Constantinople
• Early heresies
• Nicaea
• Constantinople
• The councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon
• The parties
• The settlement at Chalcedon
• The interpretation of Christ in Western faith and thought
• Doctrines of the person and work of Christ
• The medieval development
• The Reformation and classical Protestantism
• The debate over Christology in modern Christian thought
• Origins of the debate
• The 19th century
• The 20th century
• Additional reading
• Times and environment
• The life and ministry of Jesus
• The message of Jesus
• The sufferings and death of Jesus
• The story of Jesus and faith in Jesus