Jesus’ claim to absoluteness, which underlies the Great Commission or missionary idea, thus becomes a major stumbling block again: “But we preach Christ crucified: to Jews a stumbling block, to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, God’s power and God’s wisdom.” (1 Cor 1:23) For this reason, in recent decades the concept of mission has been replaced by the idea of partnership and dialogue (between religions), which carries less “negative baggage,” or by “intercultural learning.” It is clear that today we misunderstand tolerance as a renunciation of convictions and claims to truth. The relativization of the person of Jesus Christ promoted in pluralistic religious theology and the resulting new conception of a theology of religions is based on the a priori exclusion of the possibility of God incarnating Himself in a unique, unrepeatable, and lasting way in history and thus being able to reveal Himself in a generally binding and understandable way. The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine of one God existing as three distinct, co-eternal, co-equal Persons: God the Father (the Creator), God the Son (Jesus Christ, the Redeemer), and God the Holy Spirit (the Sanctifier/Inspirer), sharing one divine essence or substance, a concept often described as “three-in-one” and understood as a divine mystery foundational to Christian faith and worship, expressed in prayers like the Sign of the Cross and creeds.
Author: LifeSite News
Published at: 2026-01-12 22:11:10
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