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5 - Jesus, the Spirit and desire: wisdom christology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

David F. Ford
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University of Cambridge
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Christian wisdom is shaped by and in relation to Jesus Christ. That has already begun to emerge in chapters 1 and 2 above. There the reading of Luke–Acts and the Prologue of the Gospel of John in search of Christian wisdom centred on Jesus Christ. He was seen as both teaching and living out a prophetic wisdom, ‘greater than Solomon’, ‘greater than Jonah’, rooted in the reciprocal knowing of himself and his Father. His wisdom was both a discerning of cries and an embodying of them, with his final loud cry from the cross as the central reference point for Christian wisdom. The convergence of Luke and John on key dimensions of this wisdom was explored: it is God-centred, has the whole of creation as its context, is immersed in history and the contemporary world, interprets the Old and New Testaments in relation to each other, and is constantly sought afresh with others in a community whose basic trust is that the Spirit will lead them into further truth. This requires as a core practice what was called a wisdom interpretation of scripture. That was expressed in terms of the hermeneutics of incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection and Pentecost, as ways of rereading in the light of key events that together identify Jesus Christ and his significance.

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Christian Wisdom
Desiring God and Learning in Love
, pp. 153 - 191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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