Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 74 - Part I.
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(Youcat
answer) When Jesus calls himself “God’s only-begotten Son” (or “only Son”, Jn
3:16) and Peter and others bear witness to this, the expression means that of
all men only Jesus is more than a man.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 441)
In the Old Testament, "son of God"
is a title given to the angels, the Chosen People, the children of Israel, and
their kings (Cf. Dt 14:1; (LXX) 32:8; Job 1:6; Ex 4:22; Hos 2:1; 11:1; Jer
3:19; Sir 36:11; Wis 18:13; 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 82:6). It signifies an adoptive
sonship that establishes a relationship of particular intimacy between God and
his creature. When the promised Messiah-King is called "son of God",
it does not necessarily imply that he was more than human, according to the
literal meaning of these texts. Those who called Jesus "son of God",
as the Messiah of Israel, perhaps meant nothing more than this (Cf. 1 Chr
17:13; Ps 2:7; Mt 27:54; Lk 23:47).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) In many
passages of the New Testament (Jn 1:14, 18; 1 Jn 4:9; Heb 1:2, and so on) Jesus
is called “Son”. At his baptism and his Transfiguration, the voice from heaven
calls Jesus “my beloved Son”. Jesus discloses to his disciples his unique
relationship to his heavenly Father: “All things have been delivered to me by my
Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father
except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him” (Mt 11:27).
The fact that Jesus Christ really is God’s Son comes to light at the
Resurrection.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 444)
The Gospels report that at two solemn moments, the Baptism and the
Transfiguration of Christ, the voice of the Father designates Jesus his
"beloved Son" (Cf. Mt 3:17; cf. 17:5). Jesus calls himself the
"only Son of God", and by this title affirms his eternal
pre-existence (Jn 3:16; cf. 10:36). He asks for faith in "the name of the
only Son of God" (Jn 3:18). In the centurion's exclamation before the
crucified Christ, "Truly this man was the Son of God" (Mk 15:39),
that Christian confession is already heard. Only in the Paschal mystery can the
believer give the title "Son of God" its full meaning.
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