No.32 Referenced from ~ Part1 - Chapter 4 - Consideration 3

The Historical Jesus T/R

The concept of Jesus in each theology can be summarized as follows.

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It is noteworthy that the concept of Jesus in mainline theology and the concept of Jesus in conservative theology are both the "historical Jesus T" derived from the same logic, called affirming the antecedent.

This shows that as to the historical Jesus, both conservative and mainline are in the same framework of "the truth or falsity of faith." The assertion of Bible faith (faith to Bible) that "the Jesus of the Gospels is undoubtedly the Jesus of historical fact" is an indication that conservative theology is caught in the same theological framework of "faith truth or falsity problem" as mainline theology.

On the other hand, the above table shows that the "historical Jesus-R," the original concept of Jesus held by people far removed from academics such as those in the Middle Ages and children, has been lost in all modern theologies. However, many concepts equivalent to "historical Jesus-R" have been mentioned in theologies up to now. Let me introduce them below.