Haight's Christology.Pity the poor Christian who makes the mistake of being inspired by Roger Haight's "Christology from below." For as John Garvey tells us in his review of Haight's The Future of Christology ("Malnourished mal·nour·ished adj. Affected by improper nutrition or an insufficient diet. ," April 7), such theology would not move us "to cross the street for it, much less live or die for it." Perhaps Garvey could explain what he means to those of us who find inspiration in the Didache, or "Rule of the Apostles APOSTLES. In the British courts of admiralty, when a party appeals from a decision made against him, he prays apostles from the judge, which are brief letters of dismission, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transmitted. 2 Brown's Civ. and Adm. Law, 438; Dig. 49. 6. ," the oldest noncanonical Christian text. Here we read of the ways of life and the ways of death, but we also read of Jesus who is called the "child" or "servant" of God in exactly the same way that David is David I, king of Scotland David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria, ruling S of the Clyde referred to with these terms. There is no hint of "Christology from above" in this text, but the Christian life described is far from the "thin soup" that Garvey finds in Haight. Garvey's claim that Haight's theology cannot allow for theosis, or deification, is as much a non sequitur non sequitur (nahn sek [as in heck]-kwit-her) n. Latin for "it does not follow." The term usually means that a conclusion does not logically follow from the facts or law, stated: "That's a non sequitur." now as when Athanasius made the argument. The possibility of deification does not vanish when one employs "Christology from below." Haight and others have forced us to confront the real possibility that an important change in meaning took place between the time when a Jew Jew Any person whose religion is Judaism. In a wider sense the term refers to any member of a worldwide ethnic and cultural group descended from the ancient Hebrews who traditionally practiced the Jewish religion. familiar with Psalm 2:7 called Jesus the "Son of God" and when a Greek-speaking Gentile who had no familiarity with the Jewish world also used the phrase to describe Jesus. If Garvey's method of theology-as-insult is the best that high Christology can muster TO MUSTER, mar. law. By this term is understood to collect together and exhibit soldiers and their arms; it also signifies to employ recruits and put their names down in a book to enroll them. , then perhaps Haight's work has a brighter future than some suggest. JOE PETTIT Baltimore, Md. |
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