A Historical and Philosophical Defense of High Christology in the Gospels
Introduction Christology is our concern, and this is the study of Christ and more specifically I will be considering a high view of Christ which could be viewed as a top-down or divine look at Jesus. The goal in this discourse is to not be completely exhaustive but to present, at the very least a foundational case for a high view of Jesus for being divine. Ideally, there will be a presentation of a historical perspective and a philosophical in nature discussion of Jesus and point this to him being the Christ/ Messiah. There is historical evidence from those who wrote the Gospel accounts that can point us towards a high Christology and they also left ideas that can be considered philosophically which will be shown as a defense for an overall high or divine view of Jesus of Nazareth. Again, I do not intend for this to be an exhaustive account of all of the evidence or arguments that can be gleaned but rather an overarching, foundational start to the cause which should se