Snippet from my Thesis

I want to get back here with some original thoughts. For now, the last bits of work on my thesis take up this kind of time. So I thought I'd share a paragraph from my thesis that I think is

-solidly written

-understandable

-and most importantly to the mission of my thesis, spiritually relevant.

Enjoy.

Some scholars find a thread of continuity in these passages. They identify a linkage through John that brings the Law and Prophets to Christ and make Him fulfiller of the Law. For example, overemphasizing the newness and radicalism of Christ can overlook God’s history of action and self-revelation with His people and rejects what Jesus is all about: “Luke reaffirms in surprisingly unequivocal terms the continuing validity of the law.”[1] On the fundamental level, the Kingdom of God is a new fullness and renewal that comes in Christ, but its coming “does not convey any implication that man can now take things easier in his moral life and moral effort.”[2] Christ brings God to humanity as humanity, but this radical gesture of love does not replace an intentional life of prayer and love. Christ initiates the Kingdom through the Incarnation and His life and ministry. This is the model of God’s love that Christians find in the Gospel, the Tradition, and the Church. However, the process of receiving God through Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit remains a journey that requires prayer.

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[1] Lieu, J. (1997). The Gospel of Luke. Peterborough, UK: Epworth Press. 128.

[2] Dillersberger, J. (1958). The Gospel of Saint Luke. Westminster, MD: The Newman Press. 400.