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Christ and the Savior Figures

The unity and diversity of human race has a connection in the diversity of thinking of the people
during the age.
Christianity is inevitably seen in the context of religious pluralism.
o Rival or allegiance
o Pluralism
o Religions
Realization the church became aware of the claims of other faith
Christianity was struggling to establish its identity over against both Judaism on the side and
paganism on the other.
We have also aware of the cultures of the religion
Troelscht aimless relativism showed the difficulty if not the impossibility of claiming absolute
truth.
Savior figures? Karl Barth Christianity is not a religion because it rested in the very biased
conception of religion.
World religions Respect
What common characteristics in religion?
1. Holy reality may be called God it suggest personal being in others - impersonal absolute.
2. Human figure stands in a special relation to the holy reality

Two ways of conceiving the Holy Being personal and non personal do not exclude one another and
sometimes overlap. There are personal manifestation of the ultimate nameless being
There is this difference savior is more applicable
Prophet teacher founder revealer MEDIATOR to mediate to the BEING
FIRST POINT they are all human being
They share human condition
The common relationship
The common human problems
o We diminished and compromise the humanity of Jesus that we consider Jesus a an alien
type of being not truly human it is emphasized in HEBREWS
SECOND POINT All of them is seeking to realize the highest possibilities inherent in being
human person.
o They are figures of faith and hope who must no be forgotten in a world hwere opposing
tendencies is at work.
THIRD POINT They are mediator of Grace
o It is seen in the means of Jesus Christ
o Service of the divine reality
DOES JESUS CHRIST exist in history?
YES! He is not a mythological figure..
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It is also the non-Christian figures can be included in the long history of faith. Macquarie does no exclude
the other faith but rather he joined them and affirm them that there is certain impact to the people.

Conclusion
We must not forget these:
In the words of John the words of the Logos, not just of the individual human being Jesus of Nazareth
It enlightens us everyone who comes
The words do find in the expression in other tradition and indeed in the whole creation.