the God-man

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The God-man is a central Kierkegaardian concept describing the paradoxical union of full divinity and full humanity in the person of Christ, through whom the eternal enters time to relate to individuals.

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Label Occurrences
Godmanhood (Bogochelovechestvo) 1
the God-man canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological concept
Kierkegaardian concept
appearsInWork Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Philosophical Fragments
Practice in Christianity
associatedWithPhilosopher Søren Kierkegaard
belongsToTradition Christian existentialism
centralInWorkOf Søren Kierkegaard
contrastsWith Hegelian mediation
speculative philosophy
critiques objective or speculative Christianity
definedAs union of full divinity and full humanity in Christ
describes paradoxical union of divinity and humanity
emphasizes contemporaneity of the believer with Christ
decision in the present moment
entails historical existence of Christ
incarnation of God in time
possibility of offense at Christ
focusesOn concrete historical person of Jesus Christ
groundedInDoctrine Christology
Incarnation
hasAspect absolute paradox
offense
paradox
hasFullDivinity Christ
hasFullHumanity Christ
hasFunction entry of the eternal into history
possibility of personal relationship with God
languageOf paradox and offense rather than system
linkedToTheme hiddenness of God in human form
incognito of Christ
makesPossible forgiveness of sins
makesPossible reconciliation between God and humans
mediatesBetween God and individual human being
eternity and time
opposedTo purely rational comprehension of Christ
relatedConcept the Leap of faith
the Moment (Øieblikket)
the Paradox
the Teacher
religiousStage Religiousness B
requires individual appropriation
subjective inwardness
requiresResponse faith
roleInKierkegaard condition for salvation
object of Christian faith
understoodAs God in lowliness and suffering
God in the form of a servant

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lectures on Divine Humanity centralConcept Godmanhood (Bogochelovechestvo)
linked to: the God-man