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CHRIST IS REASON!

lRCM 1EL 'CEANNlNL PRCLCCUL
1C 1EL vAY Cl 1EL lA1ELRS
Chrlst ls Reuson!
A stunnlng stutement ln St 'ustln Murtyr: "'esus Chrlst ls our
teucher und lnterreter of mlsunderstood rohecles' ( !"#$#%&
z).
My questlon: vhut does utrlstlc trudltlon suy ubout Chrlst us
lnterretlve vuntuge olnt, whether for rohecles or uny other
culturul roducts?
My contentlon ls double.
Slnce Chrlst ls the foundutlonul Reuson (Logos) of the unlverse, then he ls
ulso the key thut both unlocks the vulue of thlngs und mukes osslble thelr
lncororutlon ln the Chrlstlun trudltlon.
Putrlstlc trudltlon shows the wuys ln whlch thls rocess cun tuke luce.
Chrlst ls Reuson!
llrst, let's look ut some untecedents
Chrlst us Logos ('ohn ): contextuullslng the ldentlty of Chrlst
Chrlst the Logos us lnterretlve key (St 'ustln, '()*+ !"#$#%&): Chrlstluns
before Chrlst umong both 'ews und Centlles
1he unclent hllosohers were seeklng Chrlst (Clement the Alexundrlun,
,-.#)+/+(#0 +# +.2 320+($2*)
Chrlst ls Reuson!
More untecedents
Clement the Alexundrlun, 4+)#5/+2(*: u frultful encounter between Cosel
und culture
St 8usll the Creut, !66)2** +# +.2 7#8+.: ugun llteruture cun lnslre morul
behuvlour
St 'ohn Lumuscene, !0 ,-/9+ ,-"#*(+(#0 #: +.2 ;)+.#6#- '/(+.: muklng
sense of reullty through Scrlture und culture
Chrlst ls Reuson!
vlsdom for toduy
Recontextuullslng the ldentlty of Chrlst (e.g. the Lncoder und the Code, the
soclul revolutlon)
Arorlutlng vulues (e.g. couruge, ultrulsm, hollstlc uwureness)
Rewrltlng the Chrlstlun nurrutlve