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Christology: Quick Facts

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Transfiguration
Gospel of Matthew
Painting The Tree of Jesse by Gerolamo Genga shows a tree growing from a reclining Jesse, with branches holding biblical figures, and the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child at the top.
The Holy Trinity altarpiece
Old Bulgarian icon painting of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria with a halo, holding a book, and making a blessing gesture, set against a red and green background.
First Council of Nicaea
Mosaic icon of Jesus Christ as Pantocrator with a halo, right hand raised in blessing, and left hand holding an inscribed book, set against a gold background in Monreale Cathedral, Sicily.
Giotto di Bondone: St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
Thomas Chubb
Friedrich Schleiermacher
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St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
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Saint Anastasius Sinaita
theologian
Faustus Socinus
Faustus Socinus
Italian theologian
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John IV of Odzun
Armenian Orthodox catholicos
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Karl Rahner
German theologian
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Melito of Sardis
Greek bishop

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